头喙亚目现存种类繁多,最早的化石记录出现在早二叠世,在二叠纪中期蝉次目和蜡蝉次目开始分化;在侏罗纪时期,种类逐渐分化,数量达到鼎盛;直至晚白垩世中后期,现生科级阶元的主要类群全部出现,在新生代时期逐步形成了与现代种群相似的格局。本文详细总结了不同地质时期蝉次目和蜡蝉次目化石分类单元和分布地区;回顾了蝉次目和蜡蝉次目化石的研究历史,列举了该类群研究中所存在的一些问题,并对今后的研究工作进行了展望。 The earliest species of fossils exist in the Early Permian, and the earliest fossil record began to differentiate in the middle of the Permian. The species began to differentiate in the Jurassic period, In the middle and late Late Cretaceous, all the major taxa of epic families appeared, and similar patterns with modern ones were gradually formed in the Cenozoic. This paper summarizes the taxonomic units and distribution regions of the suborder orders of Cicadaceae and Cicadellidae in different geologic times. The history of the study on the suborder fossils of Cicada and Cicadella is reviewed, and some problems in the study of this group are listed. The future research work is prospected.