Aphrophoridae


The Aphrophoridae are a family of spittlebugs belonging to the order Hemiptera. There are at least 160 genera and 990 described species in Aphrophoridae.

Taxonomy

Traditionally, most of the superfamily Cercopoidea was considered a single family, the Cercopidae, but this family has been split into three families for many years now: the Aphrophoridae, Cercopidae, and Clastopteridae. All molecular analyses published since 2005 indicate that Aphrophoridae is monophyletic, but only if the Epipyginae is retained within Aphrophoridae as a subfamily or tribe within Aphrophoridae, rather than excluded as a separate family.

European genera

Aphrophora Germar 1821Lepyronia Amyot & Serville 1843Mesoptyelus Matsumura 1904Neophilaenus Haupt 1935Paraphilaenus Vilbaste 1962Peuceptyelus Sahlberg 1871Philaenus Stål 1864