Perforissidae

Perforissidae Temporal range: Barremian–Santonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder:	Fulgoromorpha
Superfamily:	Fulgoroidea
Family:	† Perforissidae Shcherbakov 2007
Genera
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Perforissidae is an extinct family of planthoppers. They are considered to belong to the group of "Cixiidae-like" planthoppers. Species are known from the Early to Late Cretaceous of Eurasia, North America and South America. The family was named by Shcherbakov in 2007 ^[1]

Taxonomy

• †subfamily Cixitettiginae Shcherbakov 2007
  • † Aafrita Szwedo and Azar 2013 ^[2] Lebanese amber, Barremian
  • † Cixitettix Shcherbakov 2007 Taimyr amber, Russia, Santonian
  • † Foveopsis Shcherbakov 2007 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
    • †Foveopsis fennahiShcherbakov 2007
    • †Foveopsis heteroideaZhang et al. 2017 ^[3]
  • † Iberofoveopsis Peñalver and Szwedo 2010 ^[4] San Just amber, Escucha Formation, Albian
  • † Lanlakawa Luo et al. 2020 ^[5] Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
  • † Tsaganema Shcherbakov 2007 Dzun-Bain Formation, Mongolia, Aptian
• †subfamily Perforissinae Shcherbakov 2007
  • † Cretargus Shcherbakov 2007 Taimyr amber, Russia, Santonian
  • † Perforissus Shcherbakov 2007 New Jersey amber, Turonian
• † Aonikenkissus Petrulevicius et al. 2014 ^[6] Mata Amarilla Formation, Argentina, Cenomanian

References

1. D. E. Shcherbakov. 2007. An extraordinary new family of Cretaceous planthoppers (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Russian Entomological Journal16(2):139-154
2. Szwedo, J.; Azar, D.; Nohra, Y. (2013-01-01), Azar, Dany; Engel, Michael; Jarzembowski, Edmund; Krogmann, L. (eds.), "First record of Perforissidae from Early Cretaceous Lebanese amber (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoroidea)" , Insect Evolution in an Amberiferous and Stone Alphabet, BRILL, pp. 145–163, doi:10.1163/9789004210714_011, ISBN   978-90-04-21071-4 , retrieved 2020-10-08
3. Zhang, Xiao; Ren, Dong; Yao, Yunzhi (November 2017). "A new species of Foveopsis Shcherbakov (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoroidea: Perforissidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber". Cretaceous Research. 79: 35–42. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2017.07.002.
4. E. Peñalver and J. Szwedo. 2010. Perforissidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) from the Lower Cretaceous San Just amber (Eastern Spain). Alavesia3:97-103
5. Luo, Cihang; Jiang, Tian; Szwedo, Jacek; Wang, Bo; Xiao, Chuantao (October 2020). "A new genus and species of Perforissidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber" . Cretaceous Research. 114 104518. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104518. S2CID   219517775.
6. Petrulevičius, Julián F.; Varela, Augusto N.; Iglesias, Ari; Zamuner, Alba B.; Poiré, Daniel G. (September 2014). "First Cenomanian record of insects in the Southern Hemisphere, with Perforissidae (Fulgoroidea) and Cupedidae (Coleoptera) from Southern Patagonia, Argentina" . Cretaceous Research. 51: 174–185. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2014.05.016. hdl: 11336/12084 . S2CID   128897617.