Cercopidae

 ( Cercopoidea ) 

Cercopidae are the largest family of Cercopoidea, a xylem-feeding insect group, commonly called froghoppers.

They belong to the suborder Auchenorrhyncha. A 2023 phylogenetic study of the family suggested the elevation of the New World subfamily Ischnorhininae to full family status as Ischnorhinidae, leaving a monophyletic Old World Cercopinae.

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Taxonomy Based on a 2023 molecular phylogenetic analysis, the Cercopidae senso stricto was divided into two monophyletic subfamilies, Cercopinae and Cosmoscartinae, each with a number of tribes.

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Cercopinae

Tribe Bandusiini

• Bandisia

Tribe Callitetixini

• Abidama
• Callitettix
• Caloscarta
• Moultoniella
• Rhinastria
• Tadascarta

Tribe Cercopini

• Cercopis
• Haematoloma
• Triecphorella

Tribe Haematoscartini

• Clypeocarta
• Haematoscarta
• Lieftinckana
• Straelenia

Tribe Hemiaufidini

• Hemiaufidus

Tribe Locrisini

• Anyllis
• Dulitana
• Locris
• Nesaphrogeneia
• Paralocris

Tribe Rhinaulacini

• Amberana
• Asiacercopis
• Aufidus
• Aufiterna
• Augustohahnia
• Baibarana
• Bourgoinrana
• Circulocercopis
• Colsa
• Eoscarta
• Euryaulax
• Hemibandusia
• Hemicercopis
• Hemiliterna
• Heteroliterna
• Jacobsoniella
• Jeanneliensa
• Kanozata
• Lehina
• Leptoliterna
• Liorhinella
• Literna
• Machadoa
• Mioscarta
• Nesaulax
• Neocercopis
• Paracercopis
• Paracercopoides
• Paraliterna
• Paramioscarta
• Parapisidice
• Petyllis
• Poeciloterpa
• Rhinaulax
• Sounama
• Synavea
• Telogmometopius
• Thoodzata
• Trigonoschema
• Villiersana
• Wawi

Tribe incertae sedis

• Alluaudensia
• Ambonga
• Blötea
• Cercopicesa
• Euglobiceps
• Euryliterna
• Janssensia
• Lamprochlamys
• Leptynis
• Orthorhinella
• Paramonecphora
• Phlebarcys
• Pisianax
• Pogonorhinella
• Pseudocercopis

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Cosmoscartinae

Tribe Considiini

• Considia
• Paphnutius

Tribe Cosmoscartini

• Cosmoscarta
• Ectemnonotops
• Ectemnonotum
• Eubakeriella
• Gynopygocarta
• Gynopygolax
• Helioscarta
• Homalostethus
• Kanoscarta
• Kotozata
• Okiscarta
• Oxymegaspis
• Oxypeltarion
• Platynotoscarta

Tribe Phymatostethini

• Phymastostheta

Tribe Suracartini

• Anoplosnastus
• Ectemnocarta
• Leptataspis
• Megastethodon
• Opistharsostethus
• Serapita
• Simeliria
• Suracarta

Tribe Trichoscartini

• Hemitrichoscarta
• Neoporpacella
• Paratrichoscarta
• Pisidice
• Porpacella
• Trichoscarta

Tribe incertae sedis

• Radioscarta

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Invalid genera

Crispolon Jr et al. (2023) considered certain described genera as invalid without discussion and did not include them in the family as prescribed by their phylogeny.

• Delassor (junior synonym of Mahanarva in Ischnorhinidae)
• Funkhouseria (junior synonym of Mahanarva in Ischnorhinidae)
• Hemieoscarta (junior synonym of Eoscarta)
• Kuscarta (junior synonym of Sounama)
• Luederwaldtia (junior synonym of Mahanarva in Ischnorhinidae)
• Pachypterinella (junior synonym of Kanaima in Ischnorhinidae)
• Pseudeoscarta (junior synonym of Eoscarta)
• Stenaulophrys (junior synonym of Sounama)
• Vigilantius (junior synonym of Eoscarta)

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Fossil genera

• † Allocercopis
• † Berro
• † Cercopites
• † Cicadellites
• † Dawsonites
• † Eocercopidium
• † Lithecphora
• † Locrites
• † Megacercopis
• † Nangamostethos
• † Nisocercopis
• † Palecphora
• † Parafitopteryx
• † Prinecphora
• † Stenecphora
• † Stenolocris

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Taxa removed from Cercopidae

Crispolon Jr. et al.s 2023 molocular phylogenetic analysis recommended removing the following genera from Cercopidae and transferring them to Aphrophoridae:

• Hemitriecphora
• Microsargane

Additionally they recommended the elevation of the subfamily Ischnorhininae, endemic to the Americas, to full family status as Ischnorhinidae. This was based on the closer phylogenetic ties to Machaerotidae then to subfamily Cercopinae found exclusively in Europe, Africa, and Asia, Australasia:

Categories: Cercopoidea, Auchenorrhyncha Families

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