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Aphrodinae

Insecta - Hemiptera - Cicadellidae

Taxonomy
Aphrodinae was named by Haupt (1927). It is extant. Its type is Aphrodes.

It was assigned to Cicadellidae by Dietrich and Gonçalves (2014), Dietrich et al. (2017), Dietrich et al. (2021) and Borodin and Borodina (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Aphrodinae Haupt
2014Aphrodinae Dietrich and Gonçalves p. 6
2017Aphrodinae Dietrich et al. p. 64
2021Aphrodinae Borodin and Borodina p. 164
2021Aphrodinae Dietrich et al. p. 446

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Clareocercaria
—Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
—Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
suborderAuchenorrhyncha()
infraorderCicadomorphaEvans 1946
superfamilyMembracoideaRafinesque 1815
familyCicadellidae()
subfamilyAphrodinaeHaupt 1927
subfamilyAphrodinaeHaupt 1927

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.

Subfm. Aphrodinae Haupt 1927
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Tr. Aphrodini Haupt 1927
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G. Aphrodes Curtis 1833
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†Aphrodes adae Scudder 1878
†Aphrodes callosus Scudder 1890
†Aphrodes curtulus Heer 1853
Invalid names: Acucephalus Germar 1833 [synonym]
G. Planaphrodes Hamilton 1975
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G. Stroggylocephalus Flor 1861
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G. †Rovnoxestus Dietrich et al. 2021
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†Rovnoxestus rasnitsyni Dietrich et al. 2021
Tr. Xestocephalini Baker 1915
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G. †Brevaphrodella Dietrich and Gonçalves 2014
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†Brevaphrodella nigra Dietrich and Gonçalves 2014
G. †Xestocephalites Dietrich and Gonçalves 2014
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†Xestocephalites balticus Dietrich and Gonçalves 2014
G. Xestocephalus Baker 1915
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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bridgerian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 50.30000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 46.2 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Acocephalus adae (121306)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Lithuania Xestocephalites balticus, Brevaphrodella nigra (154362)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Acocephalus resinosus (124073)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Ukraine Rovnoxestus rasnitsyni (229455)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Acocephalus callosus (106384)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Xestocephalus sp. (122473 123858)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Croatia Acocephalus crassiusculus (117761) Acocephalus curtulus (117246)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Aphrodes bifasciatus, Strongylocephalus agrestis (163070)