Procercopidae is an extinct family of

froghoppers 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 f ...

. They are known from the Early Jurassic to early Late Cretaceous of Eurasia. They are one of two main families of Mesozoic froghoppers alongside

Sinoalidae Sinoalidae is an extinct family of froghoppers known from the late Middle Jurassic to the early Late Cretaceous of Asia. They are one of two main Mesozoic families of froghoppers, alongside Procercopidae, unlike Procercopidae, Sinoalidae is thou ...

. Procercopidae are considered to be the ancestral group from which modern froghoppers are derived.

Taxonomy

Chen et al, 2020 found that the family was

paraphyletic In taxonomy (general), taxonomy, a group is paraphyletic if it consists of the group's most recent common ancestor, last common ancestor and most of its descendants, excluding a few Monophyly, monophyletic subgroups. The group is said to be pa ...

with respect to extant froghoppers and the monotypic family Cercopionidae known from the Aptian aged

Crato Formation The Crato Formation is a geologic formation of Early Cretaceous ( Aptian) age in northeastern Brazil's Araripe Basin. It is an important Lagerstätte (undisturbed fossil accumulation) for palaeontologists. The strata were laid down mostly duri ...

of Brazil. * †'' Anomoscytina'' Ren et al. 1998

Yixian Formation The Yixian Formation (; formerly transcribed as Yihsien Formation) is a geological formation in Jinzhou, Liaoning, People's Republic of China, that spans the late Barremian and early Aptian stages of the Early Cretaceous. It is known for its ex ...

, China, Aptian ** †''Anomoscytina anomala'' Ren et al. 1998 * †'' Anthoscytina'' Hong 1983 ** †''Anthoscytina brevineura'' Chen et al. 2015

Daohugou The Haifanggou Formation (), also known as the Jiulongshan Formation (), is a fossil-bearing rock deposit located near Daohugou () village of Ningcheng County, in Inner Mongolia, northeastern China. The formation consists of coarse conglomerates ...

, China, Callovian ** †''Anthoscytina daica'' Shcherbakov 1988

Glushkovo Formation Glushkovo (russian: Глушково) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. ;Urban localities *Glushkovo, Glushkovsky District, Kursk Oblast, a work settlement in Glushkovsky District of Kursk Oblast ;Rural localities * Glushko ...

, Russia, Tithonian-Early Cretaceous ** †''Anthoscytina daidaleos'' Fu et al. 2018 Daohugou, China, Callovian ** †''Anthoscytina elegans'' Chen et al. 2015 Daohugou, China, Callovian ** †''Anthoscytina hongi'' Chen et al. 2015

Haifanggou Formation The Haifanggou Formation (), also known as the Jiulongshan Formation (), is a fossil-bearing rock deposit located near Daohugou () village of Ningcheng County, in Inner Mongolia, northeastern China. The formation consists of coarse conglomerates ...

, China, Callovian ** †''Anthoscytina liugouensis'' Hong 1983

Jiulongshan Formation The Haifanggou Formation (), also known as the Jiulongshan Formation (), is a fossil-bearing rock deposit located near Daohugou () village of Ningcheng County, in Inner Mongolia, northeastern China. The formation consists of coarse conglomerates ...

, China, Callovian ** †''Anthoscytina longa'' Hong 1983 Haifanggou Formation, China, Callovian ** †''Anthoscytina parallelica'' Ren 1995 Jiulongshan Formation, China, Callovian ** †''Anthoscytina perpetua'' Li et al. 2013 Daohugou, China, Callovian ** †''Anthoscytina reducta'' Becker-Migdisova 1949 Kyzyl-Kiya, Kyrgyzstan, Pliensbachian * †'' Burmocercopis'' Fu et al. 2019

Burmese amber Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. The amber is dated to around 100 million years ago, during the latest Albian to earliest Cenomanian ages of the mid-Cretaceous period. The ...

, Myanmar, Cenomanian ** †''Burmocercopis lingpogensis'' Fu et al. 2019 * †'' Cretocercopis'' Ren 1995 Lushangfen Formation, China, Aptian ** †''Cretocercopis yii'' Ren 1995 * †'' Jurocercopis'' Wang and Zhang 2009 Daohugou, China, Callovian ** †''Jurocercopis grandis'' Wang and Zhang 2009 * †'' Paranthoscytina'' Fu et al. 2019 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian ** †''Paranthoscytina xiai'' Fu et al. 2019 * †'' Procercopina'' Martynov 1937 ** †''Procercopina asiatica'' Martynov 1937 Kyzyl-Kiya, Kyrgyzstan, Pliensbachian ** †''Procercopina delicata'' Zhang et al. 2003 Badaowan Formation, China, Sinemurian ** †''Procercopina frenzeli'' Ansorge 1996 Green Series, Germany, Toarcian ** †''Procercopina longipennis'' Becker-Migdisova 1962 Dzhil Formation, Kyrgyzstan

Hettangian The Hettangian is the earliest age and lowest stage of the Jurassic The Jurassic ( ) is a Geological period, geologic period and System (stratigraphy), stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (My ...

/Sinemurian ** †''Procercopina shawanensis'' Zhang et al. 2003 Badaowan Formation, China, Sinemurian * †'' Procercopis'' Handlirsch 1906 ** †''Procercopis abscissa'' Bode 1953

Posidonia Shale The Posidonia Shale (german: Posidonienschiefer, also called Schistes Bitumineux in Luxembourg) geologically known as the Sachrang Formation, is an Early Jurassic (Toarcian) geological formation of southwestern and northeast Germany, northern Swit ...

, Germany, Toarcian ** †''Procercopis alutacea'' Handlirsch 1906 Green Series, Germany, Toarcian ** †''Procercopis completa'' Bode 1953 Posidonia Shale, Germany, Toarcian ** †''Procercopis coriacea'' Handlirsch 1939 Green Series, Germany, Toarcian ** †''Procercopis debilis'' Bode 1953 Posidonia Shale, Germany, Toarcian ** †''Procercopis jurassica'' Geinitz 1884 Green Series, Germany, Toarcian ** †''Procercopis lacerata'' Bode 1953 Posidonia Shale, Germany, Toarcian ** †''Procercopis liasina'' Handlirsch 1906 Green Series, Germany, Toarcian ** †''Procercopis similis'' Handlirsch 1939 Green Series, Germany, Toarcian ** †''Procercopis wunnenbergi'' Bode 1953 Posidonia Shale, Germany, Toarcian * †'' Sinocercopis'' Hong 1982 ** †''Sinocercopis liaoyuanensis'' Hong 1982 Yixian Formation, China, Aptian ** †''Sinocercopis lushangfenensis'' Hong 1984 Lushangfen Formation, China, Aptian ** †''Sinocercopis macula'' Hu et al. 2014 Yixian Formation, China, Aptian ** †''Sinocercopis pustulosus'' Ren 1995 Lushangfen Formation, China, Aptian ** †''Sinocercopis trinervis'' Ren 1995 Lushangfen Formation, China, Aptian * †'' Stellularis'' Chen et al. 2015 Yixian Formation, China, Aptian ** †''Stellularis aphthosa'' Ren et al. 1998 ** †''Stellularis bineuris'' Chen and Wang 2020 ** †''Stellularis longirostris'' Chen et al. 2015 ** †''Stellularis minutus'' Chen and Wang 2020 ** †''Stellularis senjituensis'' Hong 1984 ** †''Stellularis sinuijuensis'' Jon et al. 2019

Sinuiju Formation The Sinuiju Formation is a geologic formation in North Korea. Formerly of uncertain age, it is now thought to be Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.We ...

, North Korea, Aptian * †'' Titanocercopis'' Chen et al. 2015 Daohugou, China, Callovian ** †''Titanocercopis borealis'' Chen et al. 2015 *† '' Valdicopis'' Li, Chen and Jarzembowski, 2021,

Wealden Group The Wealden Group, occasionally also referred to as the Wealden Supergroup, is a group (a sequence of rock strata) in the lithostratigraphy of southern England. The Wealden group consists of paralic to continental (freshwater) facies sedimentary ...

, Early Cretaceous **''Valdicopis tonyi'' Li, Chen and Jarzembowski, 2021

References

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