Cercopidae
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Cercopidae | |
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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
- ↑ "Cercopidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ↑ Carvalho C, Webb M (2005). "Cercopid Spittle Bugs of the New World (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cercopidae)". Pensoft Series Faunistica 49: 280pp. ISBN 954-642-246-0.
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