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Checklist for Superfamily Cercopoidea Leach, 1815 (Froghoppers)
and region Zimbabwe (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
482
6547
17544
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
480
6543
17539
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
464
6450
17312
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
101
556
1021
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
83
524
981
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Auchenorrhyncha
Linnaeus, 1758
Cicadas and Leafhoppers, Hoppers
24
127
203
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cicadomorpha
Evans, 1946
7
79
142
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cercopoidea
Leach, 1815
Froghoppers, Spittlebugs
3
14
37
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Zimbabwe
3 Families width 37 Species and 1 Subspecies
Cercopidae (Leach, 1815)Froghopper27SpeciesTaxom
Aphrophoridae Evans, 1946Froghoppers8SpeciesTaxom
Machaerotidae Stål, 1866Tube spittlebugs2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Zimbabwe
14 Genera with 37 Species
Cercopis Fabricius, 01SpeciesTaxom
Clovia Stål, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Cordia Stål, 18552SpeciesTaxom
Cosmoscarta Stål, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Hemitriecphora Lallemand, 19082SpeciesTaxom
Locris Stål, 182219SpeciesTaxom
Neophilaenus Haupt, 17841SpeciesTaxom
Neuromachaerota Schmidt, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Paramonecphora Lallemand & ..., 18782SpeciesTaxom
Pectinariophyes Kirkaldy, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Pisidice Jacobi, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Poophilus Stål, 18512SpeciesTaxom
Ptyelus Le Peletier ..., 17812SpeciesTaxom
Tomaspis Amyot & Serv..., 18782SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Zimbabwe
37 Species and 1 Subspecies
Cercopis trifurca
Clovia prolixa Stål, 1855
Cordia basiniger Jacobi, 1910
Cordia peragrans (Stål, 1855)⇒ Cordia basiniger Jacobi, 1910
Cosmoscarta silpha Breddin, 1903
Hemitriecphora strongii Hope, 1837
Hemitriecphora variabilis Distant, 1908
Locris aethiopica Stål, 1866
Locris arithmetica Walker, 1851
Locris auripennis Distant, 1908
Locris chersonesia Distant, 1908
Locris congolensis Lallemand, 1920
Locris incarnata Walker, 1851
Locris jugaliformis Lallemand, 1949
Locris kambovensis Distant, 1908
Locris katangensis Distant, 1908
Locris livida Jacobi, 1910
Locris neavei Distant, 1908
Locris ochroptera Jacobi, 1904
Locris rhodesiana Distant, 1908
Locris rubida Stål, 1855
Locris sanguinipes Walker, 1851
Locris spectabilis Distant, 1908
Locris submarginata Distant, 1908
Locris subvinacea Jacobi, 1921
Locris transversa Thunberg, 1822
Neophilaenus exclamationis Thunberg, 1784
Neuromachaerota discigutta Maa, 1963
Paramonecphora monteironis Distant, 1878
Paramonecphora monteironis conspicua Distant, 1878
Pectinariophyes hyalinipennis Stål, 1855
Pisidice coruscans Jacobi, 1912
Poophilus costalis Walker, 1851
Poophilus terrenus Walker, 1851
Ptyelus goudoti Bennett, 1833
Ptyelus grossus Fabricius, 1781
Tomaspis larinia (Stål, 1865)⇒ Phymatostetha basiclava Walker, 1858
Tomaspis monteironis (Distant, 1878)⇒ Paramonecphora monteironis Distant, 1878

Subnodes of Cercopoidea with occurrences in Zimbabwe
FamilyAphrophoridae
Evans, 1946
Froghoppers, Spittle bugs, Spittlebugs, True Spittlebugs
5
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyCercopidae
Leach, 1815
froghopper, Froghoppers, Spitbugs, Spittle bugs, Spittlebugs
7
27
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMachaerotidae
Stål, 1866
Tube spittlebugs
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom



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