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Froghoppers
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Froghoppers

Cercopidae

Cercopidae are the largest family of Cercopoidea, a xylem-feeding insect group, commonly called froghoppers. They belong to the hemipteran 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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4 branches of this family, most-observed first

Cercopinae

subfamilyCercopinae

Cosmoscartinae

subfamilyCosmoscartinae

Parastenaulophrys

genusParastenaulophrys

Anoplosnastus

genusAnoplosnastus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 61863.