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Overview Of Family Cercopidae - Spittlebugs

Spittlebugs.

Spittlebugs belong to the Family Cercopidae. The following is the taxonomic tree leading to Cercopidae :

Phylum Arthropoda--
.................................Class Insecta--
.........................................................Order Hemiptera--
......................................................................................Suborder Auchenorrhyncha--
...................................................................................................................................Superfamily Cicadoidea--
..........................................................................................................................................................................Family Cercopidae--


Within Family Cercopidae the taxonomy to genus level lays out as follows below.
Below each genus name will be example images shown for that particular genus.


Family Cercopidae--



..................................................................................Genus Aphrophora--
    

  

..................................................................................Genus Clastoptera--
    

    

..................................................................................Genus Lepyronia--
  

..................................................................................Genus Neophilaenus--
 

..................................................................................Genus Philaenarcys--
 

..................................................................................Genus Philaenus--
  

..................................................................................Genus Prosapia--
  

..................................................................................Genus Philaronia--
 
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Contributed by Sam Houston on 12 January, 2009 - 1:14pm
Last updated 13 January, 2009 - 2:10pm

Nice
Now Cercopidae links to this page.
Check your links, it seems that Prosapia leads to the wrong page.
BTW have you googled "Overview Cicadellidae"? You'll see.
… Beatriz Moisset, 13 January, 2009 - 9:21am login or register to post comments

 
....
Ok, Prosapia fixed. I couldn't even guess how that happened. Rhinoceros Beetle ? What the....

Google - first page up. Very cool!

Thanks for the help!
… Sam Houston, 13 January, 2009 - 2:07pm login or register to post comments

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