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Family Cercopidae - Froghoppers

Spittlebug - Prosapia ignipecta Two-Lined Spittlebug - Prosapia bicincta BioBlitz Bug 107 - Prosapia bicincta stylish, pin-striped bug - Prosapia bicincta Black bug with yellow stripes and red eyes and legs - Prosapia bicincta Two-Lined Spittlebug - Prosapia bicincta Two lined spittle bug - Prosapia bicincta  Two-lined Spittlebug (Prosapia bicincta) - Prosapia bicincta
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Auchenorrhyncha (True Hoppers)
Infraorder Cicadomorpha (Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers)
Superfamily Cercopoidea (Spittlebugs)
Family Cercopidae (Froghoppers)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
used to be treated to include Aphrophoridae
Explanation of Names
Cercopidae Leach 1815
Spittlebug: nymphs surround themselves with a frothy mass that resembles spittle
Numbers
6 spp. in 2 genera in our area, ~1,500 described spp. in ~170 genera worldwide(1)
Range
worldwide, much more diverse in the tropics(2)
Remarks
A number of Mexican species have recently been recorded from the southwestern U.S.