Checklist for Superfamily Cercopoidea Leach, 1815 (Froghoppers)
and region Sri Lanka (South Asia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 527
6198
14500 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 524
6193
14493 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 502
6089
14260 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 116
1007
1940 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs | 89
907
1768 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Auchenorrhyncha
Linnaeus, 1758
Cicadas and Leafhoppers, Hoppers | 23
332
663 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Cicadomorpha
Evans, 1946
| 7
201
448 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Cercopoidea
Leach, 1815
Froghoppers, Spittlebugs | 3
11
18 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Sri Lanka
3 Families width 18 Species
Genera for Sri Lanka
11 Genera with 18 Species | Caloscarta Breddin, 1916 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Clovia Stål, 1859 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cosmoscarta Stål, 1889 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Eoscarta Breddin, 1908 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Homalostethus Schmidt, 1900 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptataspis Schmidt, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Machaeropsis Melichar, 1903 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Machaerota Burmeister, 1879 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Poophilus Stål, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ptyelus Le Peletier ..., 1903 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhinastria Kirby, 1891 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Sri Lanka
18 Species | Caloscarta capitata Stål, 1865 | | | Caloscarta pallescens Distant, 1916 | | | Clovia lineatocollis Motschulsky, 1859 | | | Cosmoscarta affinis Atkinson, 1889 | | | Cosmoscarta egeria Schmidt, 1911 | | | Cosmoscarta greeni Atkinson, 1889 | | | Cosmoscarta heroina Distant, 1908 | | | Cosmoscarta inclusa (Walker, 1851) | ⇒ Leptataspis inclusa Walker, 1851 | | Cosmoscarta inconspicua Butler, 1874 | | | Cosmoscarta taprobanensis Atkinson, 1889 | | | Eoscarta apicata Distant, 1908 | | | Homalostethus tennanti Distant, 1900 | | | Leptataspis inclusa Walker, 1851 | | | Machaeropsis valida Melichar, 1903 | | | Machaerota punctatonervosa Signoret, 1879 | | | Poophilus costalis Walker, 1851 | | | Ptyelus declaratus Melichar, 1903 | | | Rhinastria bicolor Kirby, 1891 | |
Subnodes of Cercopoidea with occurrences in Sri Lanka | Family | Aphrophoridae
Evans, 1946
Froghoppers, Spittle bugs, Spittlebugs, True Spittlebugs | 3
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Cercopidae
Leach, 1815
froghopper, Froghoppers, Spitbugs, Spittle bugs, Spittlebugs | 6
13 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Machaerotidae
Stål, 1866
Tube spittlebugs | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Links, sources and further information Cercopoidea at artfakta.se
Cercopoidea at itis.gov
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