Species

Aphrophora (Aphrophora) forneri Haupt, 1919

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (25)

Aphrophora salicis var. forneri Haupt, 1919a: 165. (valid in Dmitriev, 2026)
Aphrophora maculata Edwards, 1920a: 53.

Aphrophora willemsi Lallemand, 1946a: 194.
Holotype; female; 67d5a995-74ce-4c9a-9631-ac054eafacbb; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Belgium: Namur, 4.VIII.1942
Aphrophora maculata Edwards, 1920 (subjective synonym of Aphrophora salicis var. forneri Haupt, 1919) in Wagner, 1948a: 209.
Aphrophora forneri Haupt, 1919 in Wagner, 1948a: 209.
Aphrophora salicis var. forneri Haupt, 1919 (subjective synonym of Cicada spumaria Linnaeus, 1758) in Ossiannilsson, 1951a: 150.
Aphrophora salicis var. forneri Haupt, 1919 (subjective synonym of Cicada salicina Goeze, 1778) in Nuorteva, 1952d: 10.
Aphrophora forneri Haupt, 1919 in Le Quesne, 1965c: 11.
Aphrophora salicis var. forneri Haupt, 1919 (subjective synonym of Aphrophora costalis Matsumura, 1903) in Vilbaste, 1968a: 54.
Aphrophora costalis Vilbaste, 1968 non Matsumura, 1903 in Vilbaste, 1968a: 54.
Aphrophora maculata Edwards, 1920 (primary homonym of Aphrophora maculata Capanni, 1894) in Vilbaste, 1968a: 54.
Aphrophora costalis Vilbaste, 1968 non Matsumura, 1903 (misapplication, linked to Aphrophora costalis Matsumura, 1903)
Aphrophora maculata Edwards, 1920 (subjective synonym of Aphrophora costalis Matsumura, 1903) in Vilbaste, 1968a: 54.
Aphrophora costalis Vilbaste, 1968 non Matsumura, 1903 in Ossiannilsson, 1981a: 246.
Aphrophora willemsi Lallemand, 1946 (subjective synonym of Aphrophora alpina Melichar, 1900) in Van Stalle, 1989: 275.
Aphrophora salicis var. forneri Haupt, 1919 (subjective synonym of Aphrophora pectoralis Matsumura, 1903) in Komatsu, 1997b: 375.
Aphrophora maculata Edwards, 1920 (subjective synonym of Aphrophra [sic] pectoralis Matsumura, 1903) in Komatsu, 1997b: 375.
Aphrophora pectoralis Nickel, 2003 non Matsumura, 1903 in Nickel, 2003a: 77.
Aphrophora pectoralis Nickel, 2003 non Matsumura, 1903 (misapplication, linked to Aphrophora pectoralis Matsumura, 1903)
Aphrophora willemsi Lallemand, 1946 (subjective synonym of Cicada salicina Goeze, 1778) in Liang, 2007b: 140.
Aphrophora willemsi Lallemand, 1946 in Tishechkin, 2023: 257.
Aphrophora costalis Vilbaste, 1968 non Matsumura, 1903 (unavailable, linked to Aphrophora willemsi Lallemand, 1946) in Tishechkin, 2023: 257.
Aphrophora pectoralis Nickel, 2003 non Matsumura, 1903 (unavailable, linked to Aphrophora willemsi Lallemand, 1946) in Tishechkin, 2023: 257.

Aphrophora willemsi Lallemand, 1946 (subjective synonym of Aphrophora salicis var. forneri Haupt, 1919) in Dmitriev, 2026
Aphrophora maculata Edwards, 1920 (subjective synonym of Aphrophora salicis var. forneri Haupt, 1919) in Dmitriev, 2026

Nomenclature references (19)

Goeze, J.A.E. (1778a) Hemiptera. In Entomologische beyträge zu des ritter Linné Zwolften ausgabe des natursystems. Bey Weidmanns Erben und Reich, Leipzig. Vol. 2, pp. 117–164. [lxxii + 352 pp.] https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.45974
Capanni, V. (1894a) I. Cercopidi. Memorie della Pontificia Accademia dei Nuovi Lincei, 10, 285–300.

Melichar, L. (1900b) Eine neue Art der Homopteren-Gattung Aphrophora. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung, 19, 58–59.

Matsumura, S. (1903a) Monographie der Cercopiden Japans. The Journal of the Sapporo Agricultural College, Sapporo, Japan, 2, 15–52.

Haupt, H. (1919a) Die europäischen Cercopidae Leach. (Bluströpfchen und Schaumzikaden). Entomologisches Jahrbuch, 28, 152–172.

Edwards, J. (1920a) New or little known species of British Cicadina. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 56, 53–58. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.15526

Lallemand, V. (1946a) Quatrième note sur les cercopides. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique, 82, 189–197.

Wagner, W. (1948a) Aphrophora salicina Goeze und forneri Haupt. (Hom. Cercopidae). Bombus. Faunistische Mitteilungen aus Nordwestdeutschland und der Nordmark herausgegeben vom Verein für naturwissenschaftliche Heimatforschung, 48, 208–210.

Ossiannilsson, F. (1951a) On the identity of Cicada spumaria Linnaeus (1758) (Hem. Hom.) with notes on the breeding-plants of three Swedish cercopids. Opuscula Entomologica, 15, 145–156.

Nuorteva, P. (1952d) Die Nahrungspflanzenwahl der Insekten im Lichte von Untersuchungen an Zikaden. Annales Academiae Scientiarum Fennicae. Series A. IV, Biologica, 19, 1–90.

Le Quesne, W.J. (1965c) Hemiptera, Cicadomorpha (excluding Deltocephalinae and Typhlocybinae). In Handbooks for the identification of British insects. Royal Entomological Society of London. Vol. 2, Issue 2(a), pp. 1–64.

Vilbaste, J. (1968a) On Homoptera Cicadinea of the Maritime Territory (Primorsky Krai). Valgus, Tallinn, 181 pp. + 14 pls. [in Russian]

Ossiannilsson, F. (1981a) The Auchenorrhyncha (Homoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. 2. The families Cicadidae, Cercopidae, Membracidae, and Cicadellidae (excl. Deltocephalinae). Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica. Klampenborg: Scandinavian Sci. Press. 7(2): I-II + 223-593.

Van Stalle, J. (1989) The occurrence of froghoppers in Belgium (Homoptera, Cercopidae). In Comptes rendus du symposium “Invertebres de Belgique.” pp. 273–278.

Komatsu, T. (1997b) A revision of the froghopper genus Aphrophora Germar (Homoptera, Cercopidea, Aphrophoridae) from Japan, Part 2. Japanese Journal of Entomology, 65(2), 369–383.

Nickel, H. (2003a) The leafhoppers and planthoppers of Germany (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha): patterns and strategies in a highly diverse group of phytophagous insects. Sofia-Moscow: Pensoft Publishers; Keltern: Goecke & Evers. X+460 p.

Liang, A.-P. (2007b) Synonymy of Aphrophora willemsi Lallemand, 1946 with Aphrophora salicina (Goeze, 1778) (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea: Aphrophoridae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society. New York, 114(3), 140–143.

Tishechkin, D.Y. (2023) Review of the Aphrophora salicina (Goeze, 1778) (Homoptera: Cercopoidea: Aphrophoridae) species group of Russia and adjacent territories with description of a new species. Russian Entomological Journal, 32(3), 253–260. https://doi.org/10.15298/rusentj.32.3.01
Dmitriev, D.A. (2026) Personal communication.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
Species	1	0	5	6