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Genus Philaenus

Leafhopper - Philaenus spumarius spittlebug - Philaenus spumarius Brown leaf hopper - Philaenus spumarius Cercopidae? - Philaenus spumarius Spittlebug? - Philaenus spumarius Spittlebug? - Philaenus spumarius Aphrophoridae, dorsal - Philaenus spumarius Cercopidae - Philaenus spumarius
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 Aphrophoridae (Typical Spittlebugs)
Subfamily Aphrophorinae
Tribe Philaenini
Genus Philaenus
Explanation of Names
Philaenus Stål 1864
Numbers
3 spp. (incl. one adventive) in our area, ~50 spp. total(1)