Cercopidae

Cercopidae are the largest family of Cercopoidea, a xylem-feeding insect group, commonly called froghoppers or spittlebugs. They belong to the hemipteran suborder Auchenorrhyncha. A 2023 phylogenetic study of the family suggested the elevation of subfamily Ischnorhininae to full family status as Ischnorhinidae, leaving a monophyletic Cercopinae.
Taxonomy
Based on a 2023 molecular phylogenetic analysis, the Cercopidae senso stricto was divided into two monophyletic subfamilies, Cercopinae and Cosmoscartinae, each with a number of tribes.
Subfamily Cercopinae
Tribe Bandusiini
Bandisia
Tribe Callitetixini
Abidama
Callitettix
Caloscarta
Moultoniella
Rhinastria
Tadascarta
Tribe Cercopini
Cercopis
Haematoloma
Triecphorella
Tribe Haematoscartini
Clypeocarta
Haematoscarta
Lieftinckana
Straelenia
Tribe Hemiaufidini
Hemiaufidus
Tribe Locrisini
Anyllis
Dulitana
Locris
Nesaphrogeneia
Paralocris
Tribe Rhinaulacini
Amberana
Asiacercopis
Aufidus
Aufiterna
Augustohahnia
Baibarana
Bourgoinrana
Circulocercopis
Colsa
Eoscarta
Euryaulax
Hemibandusia
Hemicercopis
Hemiliterna
Heteroliterna
Jacobsoniella
Jeanneliensa
Kanozata
Lehina
Leptoliterna
Liorhinella
Literna
Machadoa
Mioscarta
Nesaulax
Neocercopis
Paracercopis
Paracercopoides
Paraliterna
Paramioscarta
Parapisidice
Petyllis
Poeciloterpa
Rhinaulax
Sounama
Synavea
Telogmometopius
Thoodzata
Trigonoschema
Villiersana
Wawi
Tribe incertae sedis
Alluaudensia
Ambonga
Blötea
Cercopicesa
Euglobiceps
Euryliterna
Janssensia
Lamprochlamys
Leptynis
Orthorhinella
Paramonecphora
Phlebarcys
Pisianax
Pogonorhinella
Pseudocercopis
Subfamily Cosmoscartinae
Tribe Considiini
Considia
Paphnutius
Tribe Cosmoscartini
Cosmoscarta
Ectemnonotops
Ectemnonotum
Eubakeriella
Gynopygocarta
Gynopygolax
Helioscarta
Homalostethus
Kanoscarta
Kotozata
Okiscarta
Oxymegaspis
Oxypeltarion
Platynotoscarta
Tribe Phymatostethini
Phymastostheta
Tribe Suracartini
Anoplosnastus
Ectemnocarta
Leptataspis
Megastethodon
Opistharsostethus
Serapita
Simeliria
Suracarta
Tribe Trichoscartini
Hemitrichoscarta
Neoporpacella
Paratrichoscarta
Pisidice
Porpacella
Trichoscarta
Tribe incertae sedis
Radioscarta
Invalid genera
Crispolon Jr et al. (2023) considered certain described genera as invalid without discussion and did not include them in the family as prescribed by their phylogeny.
Delassor
Funkhouseria
Guarania
Hemieoscarta
Kuscarta
Luederwaldtia
Pachypterinella
Pseudeoscarta
Stenaulophrys
Vigilantius
Fossil genera
†Allocercopis
†Berro
†Cercopites
†Cicadellites
†Dawsonites
†Eocercopidium
†Lithecphora
†Locrites
†Megacercopis
†Nangamostethos
†Nisocercopis
†Palecphora
†Parafitopteryx
†Prinecphora
†Stenecphora
†Stenolocris
Taxa removed from Cercopidae
Crispolon Jr. et al.s 2023 molocular phylogenetic analysis recommended removing the following genera from Cercopidae and transferring them to Aphrophoridae:
Hemitriecphora
Microsargane
Additionally they recommended the elevation of the subfamily Ischnorhininae, endemic to the Americas, to full family status as Ischnorhinidae. This was based on the closer phylogenetic ties to Machaerotidae then to subfamily Cercopinae found exclusively in Europe, Africa, and Asia, Australasia:
Family Ischnorhinidae
Tribe Ischnorhinini
Baetkia
Choconta
Homalogrypota
Huaina
Iphirhina
Ischnorhina
Laccogrypota
Neolaccogrypota
Neosphenorhina
Schistogonia
Sphenoclypeana
Tiodus
Typeschata
Tribe Neaenini
Helioptera
Hemitomaspis
Marcion
Menytes
Neaenus
Simorhina
Tomaspisinella
Zuata
Tribe Tomaspini
Aeneolamia
Aracamunia
Bradypteroscarta
Carachata
Carpentiera
Catrimania
Chinana
Deois
Deoisella
Ferorhinella
Gervasiella
Hemiplagiophleboptena
Hyalotomaspis
Hyboscarta
Isozulia
Kanaima
Korobona
Lujana
Mahanarva
Makonaima
Maxantonia
Monecphora
Neomonecphora
Notozulia
Ocoaxo
Olcotomaspis
Orodamnis
Pachacanthocnemis
Panabrus
Plagiophleboptena
Prosapia
Sinopia
Sphenorhina
Tapaiuna
Tomaspis
Tomaspisina
Tropidorhinella
Tunaima
Urubaxia
Vorago
Zulia
References
Cercopoidea
Auchenorrhyncha families