Cercopidae

Cercopidae
Cercopidae
Cercopis vulnerata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Superfamily: Cercopoidea
Family: Cercopidae
Leach, 1815 [1]

Cercopidae are the largest family of Cercopoidea, a xylem-feeding insect group, commonly called froghoppers [2]. They belong to the hemipteran suborder Auchenorrhyncha.

References

  1. ^ "Cercopidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=109172. 
  2. ^ Carvalho C, Webb M (2005). "Cercopid Spittle Bugs of the New World (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cercopidae)". Pensoft Series Faunistica 49: 280pp. ISBN 9546422460.