Biology:Clastopteridae

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Short description: Family of true bugs

Clastopteridae
Alder Spittlebug (Clastoptera obtusa) - Guelph, Ontario 2013-07-20.jpg
Unidentified Clastoptera (Guelph, Canada)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Superfamily: Cercopoidea
Family: Clastopteridae
Dohrn, 1859
Clastoptera xanthocephala

Clastopteridae is a family of spittlebugs in the order Hemiptera. There are at least 10 genera and 100 described species in Clastopteridae.[1][2][3]

Genera

These 10 genera belong to the family Clastopteridae:

  • Allox Hamilton, 2014
  • Clastoptera Germar, 1839
  • Hemizygon Hamilton, 2014
  • Iba Schmidt, 1920
  • Parahindoloides Lallemand, 1951
  • Paropia Germar, 1833
  • Pseudoclastoptera Hamilton, 2014
  • Taphrotylus Hamilton, 2015
  • Zygon Hamilton, 2014
  • Prisciba Poinar, 2014

References

Further reading

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3679781 entry