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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers (Cicadomorpha) » Spittlebugs (Cercopoidea) » Typical Spittlebugs (Aphrophoridae) » Aphrophorinae » Aphrophorini » Aphrophora

Genus Aphrophora

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Remarks · See Also · Works Cited
Four-Spotted Spittlebug - Aphrophora quadrinotata Big Hopper - Aphrophora alni Aphrophoridae, Pine Spittlebug, face - Aphrophora cribrata Aphrophoridae, Pine Spittlebug - Aphrophora cribrata Aphrophora? - Aphrophora A. angulata identification - Aphrophora angulata Spittlebug - Aphrophora quadrinotata Meadow Spittlebug - Aphrophora quadrinotata
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 Aphrophorini
Genus Aphrophora
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Peuceptyelus is treated here as a subgenus
Explanation of Names
Aphrophora Germar 1821
Numbers
19 spp. in several subgenera our area(1), >100 total(2)
Remarks
Spittlebug nymphs wander away from their spittle masses, and either start new ones, or enter those of other nymphs. Aphrophora nymphs hold the record, of one spittle mass over a foot long containing about 100 individuals! (Andy Hamilton)
See Also
Aphrophora dorsal surface is covered with punctations (tiny pits), whereas Philaenus dorsal surface has tiny hairs.
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.Soulier-Perkins A. (2007-) Cercopoidea organised on line
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 27 September, 2004 - 8:38pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, urtica, v belov
Last updated 12 September, 2018 - 10:45am

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