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The Aphrophoridae or spittlebugs are a family of insects belonging to the order
Hemiptera Hemiptera (; ) is an order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, assassin bugs, bed bugs, and shield bugs. They range in size from to arou ...
. There are at least 160 genera and 990 described species in Aphrophoridae.


European genera

* '' Aphrophora'' Germar 1821 * '' Lepyronia'' Amyot & Serville 1843 * '' Mesoptyelus'' Matsumura 1904 * '' Neophilaenus'' Haupt 1935 * '' Paraphilaenus'' Vilbaste 1962 * '' Peuceptyelus'' Sahlberg 1871 * '' Philaenus'' Stål 1864


See also

* List of Aphrophoridae genera *
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 ...


References


''Fauna Europaea''NCBI
Cercopoidea Auchenorrhyncha families Taxa named by William Harry Evans {{Auchenorrhyncha-stub