Epipygidae is a lineage of
froghopper
The froghoppers, or the superfamily Cercopoidea, are a group of hemipteran insects in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha. Adults are capable of jumping many times their height and length, giving the group their common name, but they are best known ...
s in the insect superfamily
Cercopoidea. There are at least three genera and about five described species in Epipygidae, found in the American tropics. In addition, there are more than 20 undescribed species in the family.
[ Molecular analyses indicate that the group is monophyletic, but is clearly nested within the family ]Aphrophoridae
The Aphrophoridae or spittlebugs are a family of insects belonging to the order Hemiptera. There are at least 160 genera and 990 described species in Aphrophoridae.
European genera
* ''Aphrophora'' Germar 1821
* ''Lepyronia'' Amyot & Serville ...
and is probably best relegated to the status of a subfamily or tribe, rather than retained as a separate family.[Cryan, J.R., Svenson, G.J. (2010) Family-level relationships of the spittlebugs and froghoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Cercopoidea). Systematic Entomology, 35: 393-415. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00520.x]
Genera
These three genera belong to the family Epipygidae:
* '' Eicissus'' Fowler, 1897
* '' Epipyga'' Hamilton, 2001
* '' Erugissa'' Hamilton, 2001
References
Hemiptera
Auchenorrhyncha families
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