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.^[1][2][3][4]

Yezophora flavomaculata

Aphrophora corticea

Aphrophora nymph inside its spittle.

Aphrophoridae
Philaenus spumarius
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Superfamily:	Cercopoidea
Family:	Aphrophoridae Amyot & Serville, 1843
Diversity
At least 150 genera

Taxonomy

Membracoidea Cicadoidea Cercopoidea Machaerotidae Clastopteridae Cercopidae Aphrophoridae (incl. Epipyginae)

Relationships with other groups based on Cryan (2005).[5]

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 ("Epipygidae").^[5][6][7][8]

European genera

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

See also

• List of Aphrophoridae genera
• Froghopper