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Issue: Vol. 9 No. 2: 29 Apr. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-04-29
DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.9.2.7
Page range: 148-159
Abstract views: 60
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Two new mid-Cretaceous genera of Yetkhatidae (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha) from Kachin amber reveal an expanded morphological disparity within the family

Key Laboratory of Southwest China Wildlife Resources Conservation (Ministry of Education), College of Life Sciences, China West Normal University, Nanchong, 637009 China
Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité, ISYEB-UMR 7205 MNHN-CNRS-Sorbonne Université-EPHE-University Antilles, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, CP 50, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France
Key Laboratory of Southwest China Wildlife Resources Conservation (Ministry of Education), College of Life Sciences, China West Normal University, Nanchong, 637009 China
Hemiptera Fulgoromorpha Yetkhatidae new genera new species morphology Myanmar amber

Abstract

Two new genera, Tardivena Wang & Bourgoin gen. nov. and Platyclamys Wang & Bourgoin gen. nov., of the fossil planthopper family Yetkhatidae are described from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber, based respectively on the type species Tardivena multiradiata Wang & Bourgoin sp. nov. and Platyclamys angulata Wang & Bourgoin sp. nov. A revised key to the genera of Yetkhatidae is provided. The new taxa expand the known morphological disparity of the family and refine several diagnostic characters, particularly in head structure, thoracic carinae, and forewing venation. These findings improve the delineation of Yetkhatidae and contribute new information to the understanding of morphological evolution within early Fulgoroidea.

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