Epipygidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Paraneoptera
Superordo: Condylognatha
Ordo: Hemiptera
Subordo: Clypeorrhyncha
Superfamilia: Cercopoidea
Familia: Epipygidae
Genera: Eicissus - Epipyga - Erugissa
Name

Epipygidae Hamilton, 2001
References

Hamilton, K.G.A. 2001: A new family of froghoppers from the American tropics (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea: Epipygidae). Biodiversity, 2(3): 15–21. [1]

Epipygidae is a family of froghoppers in the insect superfamily Cercopoidea. There are at least three genera and about five described species in Epipygidae, found in the American tropics. In addition, there are more than 20 undescribed species in the family.[1][2][3]
Genera

These three genera belong to the family Epipygidae:

Eicissus Fowler, 1897
Epipyga Hamilton, 2001
Erugissa Hamilton, 2001

References

Hamilton, K. G. Andrew (2001). "A new family of froghoppers from the American tropics (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea: Epipygidae)". Biodiversity. 2 (3): 15–21. doi:10.1080/14888386.2001.9712551. ISSN 1488-8386.
"Epipygidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
"Epipygidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-23.