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Checklist of Superfamily Palaeontinoidea Handlirsch, 1906
for America (Continents)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1308
49520
421464
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1302
49454
421283
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1167
48637
416604
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
256
7283
52243
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
184
6422
45107
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Auchenorrhyncha
Linnaeus, 1758
Cicadas and Leafhoppers, Hoppers
38
2606
20932
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cicadomorpha
Evans, 1946
18
1804
17028
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Palaeontinoidea
Handlirsch, 1906
1
5
10
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for America
1 Family width 10 Species
Palaeontinidae Handlirsch, 1906Giant cicadas10SpeciesTaxom


Genera for America
5 Genera with 10 Species
Baeocossus Menon & al., 20052SpeciesTaxom
Colossocossus Menon & al., 20054SpeciesTaxom
Cratocossus Martins-Neto, 19981SpeciesTaxom
Parawonnacottella Ueda, 20052SpeciesTaxom
Sumixam Béthoux & Gr..., 20111SpeciesTaxom


Species list for America
10 Species
Baeocossus finchae F. Menon, 2005
Baeocossus fortunatus Menon & Heads, 2005
Colossocossus bechlyi Menon & Heads, 2005
Colossocossus giganticus F. Menon, 2007
Colossocossus loveridgei F. Menon, 2005
Colossocossus rugosa F. Menon, 2005
Cratocossus magnus R. G. Martin..., 1998
Parawonnacottella araripensis K. Ueda, 1997
Parawonnacottella penneyi F. Menon, 2005
Sumixam maximus O. Béthoux, 2011

Subnodes of Palaeontinoidea with occurrences in America
FamilyPalaeontinidae
Handlirsch, 1906
Giant cicadas
5
10
Genera
Species
 
Taxom