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Checklist for Superfamily Cercopoidea Leach, 1815 (Froghoppers)
and region Nigeria (West Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
388
4495
12408
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
385
4491
12404
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
368
4385
12052
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
89
591
1160
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
67
526
1071
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Auchenorrhyncha
Linnaeus, 1758
Cicadas and Leafhoppers, Hoppers
19
199
469
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cicadomorpha
Evans, 1946
6
140
334
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cercopoidea
Leach, 1815
Froghoppers, Spittlebugs
2
6
15
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Nigeria
2 Families width 15 Species
Cercopidae Leach, 1815Froghopper13SpeciesTaxom
Aphrophoridae Evans, 1946Froghoppers2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Nigeria
6 Genera with 15 Species
Literna Stål, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Locris Stål, 17944SpeciesTaxom
Paramonecphora Lallemand & ..., 19082SpeciesTaxom
Pisidice Jacobi, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Ptyelus Le Peletier ..., 17812SpeciesTaxom
Synavea A.F. Emeljanov, 19835SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Nigeria
15 Species
Literna callosa Signoret, 1858
Locris atra Lallemand, 1923
Locris ibadana Lallemand, 1923
Locris maculata Fabricius, 1781
Locris rubra Fabricius, 1794
Paramonecphora daltoni Distant, 1908
Paramonecphora karschi Distant, 1908
Pisidice coruscans Jacobi, 1912
Ptyelus goudoti Bennett, 1833
Ptyelus grossus Fabricius, 1781
Synavea apicemaculata Synave, 1971
Synavea hyalina Synave, 1979
Synavea pusilla Van Stalle, 1983
Synavea recurvata Van Stalle, 1983
Synavea rusticola Van Stalle, 1983

Subnodes of Cercopoidea with occurrences in Nigeria
FamilyAphrophoridae
Evans, 1946
Froghoppers, Spittle bugs, Spittlebugs, True Spittlebugs
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyCercopidae
Leach, 1815
froghopper, Froghoppers, Spitbugs, Spittle bugs, Spittlebugs
5
13
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Cercopoidea at artfakta.se
Cercopoidea at itis.gov