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Cercopis

Insecta - Hemiptera - Cercopidae

Taxonomy

Cercopis was named by Fabricius (1775). It is extant. It is the type genus of Cercopinae, Cercopida, Cercopini.

It was assigned to Ryngota by Fabricius (1775), Fabricius (1798); to Cicadellae by Latreille (1802); to Cercopidae by Scudder (1890), Cockerell (1921); to Cercopinae by Statz (1950); and to Cercopini by Dmitriev (2020).

Species

C. amaguensis, C. astricta, C. cephalinus, C. charpentieri (syn. Hylotoma cineracea), C. germari, C. giebeli (syn. C. aurata), C. gigantea, C. grandescens, C. hageni, C. herrichi, C. lanceolata, C. longicollis, C. melaena, C. oeningensis, C. oswaldheeri (syn. C. pallida), C. oswaldi (syn. C. fasciata), C. rectelinea, C. selwyni, C. suffocata

Synonyms

Cercopis herrichi was named by Heer (1864). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Oeningen (Zurich collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany.

It was considered a nomen nudum by Heer (1864).
Cercopis hageni was named by Heer (1864). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Oeningen (Zurich collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany.

It was considered a nomen nudum by Heer (1864).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1775	Cercopis Fabricius p. 688
1798	Cercopis Fabricius p. 522
1802	Cercopis Latreille p. 260
1864	Cercopis hageni Heer p. 393
1864	Cercopis herrichi Heer p. 393
1890	Cercopis Scudder p. 317
1921	Cercopis Cockerell
1950	Cercopis Statz p. 5
2020	Cercopis Dmitriev p. 27

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Gravenhorst 1843
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997
—	Altocrustacea	Regier et al. 2010
superclass	Allotriocarida
—	Athalassocarida
—	Labiocarida	Schwentner et al. 2017
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
—	Cercofilata
class	Insecta

Rank	Name	Author
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Clareocercaria
—	Acercaria	()
superorder	Pancondylognatha
—	Condylognatha
order	Hemiptera
suborder	Auchenorrhyncha	()
infraorder	Cicadomorpha	Evans 1946
superfamily	Cercopoidea	Leach 1815
family	Cercopidae	()
subfamily	Cercopinae
tribe	Cercopini
genus	Cercopis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Cercopis Fabricius 1775

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†Cercopis amaguensis Cockerell 1927

†Cercopis astricta Scudder 1890

†Cercopis cephalinus Cockerell 1921

†Cercopis charpentieri Heer 1853

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Invalid names: Hylotoma cineracea Charpentier 1843 [replaced]

†Cercopis germari Heer 1864

†Cercopis giebeli Dmitriev 2020

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Invalid names: Cercopis aurata Giebel 1862 [replaced]

†Cercopis gigantea Heer 1853

†Cercopis grandescens Scudder 1895

†Cercopis lanceolata Heer 1853

†Cercopis longicollis Heer 1853

†Cercopis melaena Germar and Berendt 1856

†Cercopis oeningensis Heer 1853

†Cercopis oswaldheeri Dmitriev 2020

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Invalid names: Cercopis pallida Heer 1853 [replaced]

†Cercopis oswaldi Dmitriev 2020

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Invalid names: Cercopis fasciata Heer 1853 [replaced]

†Cercopis rectelinea Heer 1853

†Cercopis selwyni Scudder 1879

†Cercopis suffocata Scudder 1890

Invalid names: Cercopis hageni Heer 1864 [nomen nudum], Cercopis herrichi Heer 1864 [nomen nudum]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

chitinc

Environment:

terrestrialc

Locomotion:

actively mobilep

Created:

2017-04-17 09:56:18

Modified:

2017-04-17 09:56:18

Source: c = class, p = phylum

References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Bridgerian to the top of the Holocene or 50.50000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (17 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	USA (Colorado)	C. cephalinus (105005)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	Canada (British Columbia)	C. grandescens (121046) C. selwyni (120624)
Bridgerian	50.5 - 46.2	USA (Wyoming)	C. astricta (122090)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Poland	C. melaena (109625)
Chadronian	37.0 - 33.9	USA (Colorado)	C. suffocata (106384)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)	C. sp. (122010)
Burdigalian	20.45 - 15.98	Russian Federation	C. amaguensis (113705)
Sarmatian	12.8 - 11.63	Germany (Baden-Württemberg)	C. germari, C. herrichi, C. hageni (117252) C. oeningensis (115305)
Sarmatian	12.8 - 11.63	Croatia	C. charpentieri (117247) C. fasciata (117761) C. fasciata, C. longicollis, Hylotoma cineracea (117246) C. gigantea (117250) C. pallida, C. lanceolata (122873) C. rectelinea (122874)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Tanzania	C. aurata (129861)