Perforissidae
Extinct family of true bugs
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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]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Infraorder: | Fulgoromorpha |
| Superfamily: | Fulgoroidea |
| Family: | †Perforissidae Shcherbakov 2007 |
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Taxonomy
- †subfamily Cixitettiginae Shcherbakov 2007
- †Aafrita Szwedo and Azar 2013[2] 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[3]
- †Iberofoveopsis Peñalver and Szwedo 2010[4] San Just amber, Escucha Formation, Albian
- †Lanlakawa Luo et al. 2020[5] 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[6] Mata Amarilla Formation, Argentina, Cenomanian