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Perforissidae

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

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Perforissidae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Superfamily: Fulgoroidea
Family: Perforissidae
Shcherbakov 2007
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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 20071

Taxonomy

  • †subfamily Cixitettiginae Shcherbakov 2007
    • Aafrita Szwedo and Azar 20132 Lebanese amber, Barremian
    • Cixitettix Shcherbakov 2007 Taimyr amber, Russia, Santonian
    • Foveopsis Shcherbakov 2007 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
      • Foveopsis fennahi Shcherbakov 2007
      • Foveopsis heteroidea Zhang et al. 20173
    • Iberofoveopsis Peñalver and Szwedo 20104 San Just amber, Escucha Formation, Albian
    • Lanlakawa Luo et al. 20205 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. 20146 Mata Amarilla Formation, Argentina, Cenomanian
References

References

  1. D. E. Shcherbakov. 2007. An extraordinary new family of Cretaceous planthoppers (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Russian Entomological Journal 16(2):139-154
  2. Szwedo, J.; Azar, D.; Nohra, Y. (2013-01-01), "First record of Perforissidae from Early Cretaceous Lebanese amber (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoroidea)", in Azar, Dany; Engel, Michael; Jarzembowski, Edmund; Krogmann, L. (eds.), 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). Alavesia 3:97-103
  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.