Procercopidae

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Procercopidae
Temporal range: Hettangian–Cenomanian
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Holotype specimen of Anthoscytina elegans
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Superfamily: Cercopoidea
Family: Procercopidae
Handlirsch 1906
Genera

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Procercopidae is an extinct family of froghoppers. 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. Procercopidae are considered to be the ancestral group from which modern froghoppers are derived. [1]

Taxonomy

Chen et al, 2020 found that the family was paraphyletic with respect to extant froghoppers and the monotypic family Cercopionidae known from the Aptian aged Crato Formation of Brazil. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Chen, Jun; Wang, Bo; Zheng, Yan; Jiang, Hui; Jiang, Tian; Bozdoğan, Hakan; Zhang, Junqiang; An, Baizheng; Wang, Xiaoli; Zhang, Haichun (February 2020). "Taxonomic review and phylogenetic inference elucidate the evolutionary history of Mesozoic Procercopidae, with new data from the Cretaceous Jehol Biota of NE China (Hemiptera, Cicadomorpha)" . Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 58 (1): 174–193. doi: 10.1111/jzs.12349 . ISSN   0947-5745.