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Issue: Vol. 8 No. 4: (In progress) August 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-08-29
DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.8.4.9
Page range: 412-427
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New fossil genera of Ricaniidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) from the Roof of the World

Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 51/55, Twarda St., PL00-818 Warszawa, Poland
Laboratory of Evolutionary Entomology and Museum of Amber Inclusions, Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology, University of Gdańsk, 59, Wita Stwosza Street, PL80-308 Gdańsk, Poland
Fulgoroidea planthoppers morphology taxonomy Paleocene Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau new genus new species Hemiptera Fulgoromorpha

Abstract

Two new monospecific genera of ricaniid planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Ricaniidae) are described from the Paleocene deposits of the Niubao Formation, in the Dazhuoma area, Gangni Township, Qiangtang Basin of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. The new genera are described—Gshogpa gen. nov., with Gshogpa linqibini sp. nov., and Rdo gen. nov., with Rdo gangniensis sp. nov. This marks the first occurrence of Ricaniidae in these strata, and the earliest fossil record of Ricaniidae in Asia. The following points are briefly discussed: the morphology of the tegmen venation of new fossils, their biogeographical significance as the first extinct representatives of the family from Asia, and the fossil record of Ricaniidae in the context of molecular divergence dating proposals.

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