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Issue: Vol. 3764 No. 5: 13 Feb. 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-02-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3764.5.6
Page range: 581–586
Abstract views: 23
PDF downloaded: 1

A remarkable new genus of Tettigarctidae (Insecta, Hemiptera, Cicadoidea) from the Middle Jurassic of northeastern China

Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Linyi University, Shuangling Rd., Linyi 276000, China
State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, East Beijing Rd., Nanjing 210008, China
State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, East Beijing Rd., Nanjing 210008, China
Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Linyi University, Shuangling Rd., Linyi 276000, China
Cicadomorpha fossil pronotum tegmen Daohugou

Abstract

Tianyuprosbole zhengi, a remarkable new genus and species of Tettigarctidae (Insecta, Hemiptera, Cicadoidea), is described based on a whole-bodied fossil from the Middle Jurassic of Daohugou, northeastern China. The new species possesses a tegmen similar to that of Cicadoprosbole, the type genus of Cicadoprosbolinae, and has an exceedingly expanded pronotum as the extant genus Tettigarcta. This specimen provides new insights in the evolution and taxonomy of tettigarctids.