Perforissidae Explained

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 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. 2017^[2]
  • †Iberofoveopsis Peñalver and Szwedo 2010^[3] San Just amber, Escucha Formation, Albian
  • †Lanlakawa Luo et al. 2020^[4] 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^[5] Mata Amarilla Formation, Argentina, Cenomanian

Notes and References

1. D. E. Shcherbakov. 2007. An extraordinary new family of Cretaceous planthoppers (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Russian Entomological Journal 16(2):139-154
2. 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. en. 79. 35–42. 10.1016/j.cretres.2017.07.002.
3. E. Peñalver and J. Szwedo. 2010. Perforissidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) from the Lower Cretaceous San Just amber (Eastern Spain). Alavesia 3:97-103
4. 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. en. 114. 104518. 10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104518. 219517775 .
5. 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. en. 51. 174–185. 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.05.016. 128897617 . 11336/12084. free.