Epipyginae

Epipyginae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Family:	Aphrophoridae
Subfamily:	Epipyginae Hamilton, 2001

Epipyginae is a lineage of froghoppers in the insect family Aphrophoridae. There are at least three genera and about five described species in Epipyginae, found in the American tropics. In addition, there are more than 20 undescribed species in the group. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Taxonomy

All molecular analyses published since 2005 indicate that the group is monophyletic, but is clearly nested within the family Aphrophoridae and is probably best relegated to the status of a subfamily or tribe, rather than retained as a separate family, in order to keep Aphrophoridae as a monophyletic family. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

Genera

• Eicissus Fowler, 1897
• Epipyga Hamilton, 2001
• Erugissa Hamilton, 2001

References

1. Hamilton, K. G. Andrew (2001). "A new family of froghoppers from the American tropics (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea: Epipygidae)". Biodiversity. 2 (3): 15–21. doi:10.1080/14888386.2001.9712551. ISSN   1488-8386.
2. "Epipygidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
3. "Epipygidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
4. Cryan, Jason R. (2005). "Molecular phylogeny of Cicadomorpha (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadoidea, Cercopoidea and Membracoidea): Adding evidence to the controversy". Systematic Entomology. 30 (4): 563–574. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2004.00285.x.
5. 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
6. Hamilton, K.G.A. (2016) Neotropical spittlebugs related to Neaenini (Hemiptera, Cercopidae) and the origins of subfamily Cercopinae, Zootaxa 4169: 201-250. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.1
7. Crispolon, E. S. Jr., Soulier-Perkins, A., & Guilbert, E. (2023). Molecular phylogeny of Cercopidae (Hemiptera, Cercopoidea). Zoologica Scripta, 52, 494–516. https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12597