Perforissidae

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]

Perforissidae Temporal range: Barremian–Santonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder:	Fulgoromorpha
Superfamily:	Fulgoroidea
Family:	†Perforissidae Shcherbakov 2007
Genera
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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