Neophilaenus Explained

Neophilaenus is a genus of spittlebugs in the family Aphrophoridae. There are about 10 described species in Neophilaenus.

Species

These 10 species belong to the genus Neophilaenus:

• Neophilaenus albipennis (Fabricius, 1798)
• Neophilaenus angustipennis (Horváth, 1909)
• Neophilaenus campestris (Fallén, 1805)
• Neophilaenus exclamationis (Thunberg, 1874)
• Neophilaenus infumatus (Haupt, 1917)
• Neophilaenus limpidus (Wagner, 1935)
• Neophilaenus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (lined spittlebug)
• Neophilaenus longiceps (Puton, 1895)
• Neophilaenus minor (Kirschbaum, 1868)
• Neophilaenus modestus (Haupt, 1922)

Further reading

• Book: Checklist of the Hemiptera of Canada and Alaska. 2000. Maw . H. E. L.. Foottit . R. G.. Hamilton . K. G. A.. Scudder . G. G. E.. NRC Research Press. 978-0-660-18165-3.
• Synopsis of the North American Philaenini (Rhynchota: Homoptera: Cercopidae) with a new genus and four new species. 1979. Hamilton . K. G. A.. The Canadian Entomologist. 111. 2. 127–141. 10.4039/Ent111127-2.