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Issue: Vol. 5396 No. 1: 29 Dec. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-12-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5396.1.4
Page range: 10-15
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New Triassic Hylicellidae from northern China (Hemiptera, Cicadomorpha)

State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy; Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment; Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Nanjing 210008; China; Department of Biology II; LMU Munich; Biocenter; Großhaderner Str. 2; 82152; Planegg-Martinsried; Germany
State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy; Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment; Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Nanjing 210008; China
Hemiptera Vietocyclinae Hylicellinae new taxon fossil

Abstract

A new genus and species of the extinct cicadomorphan family Hylicellidae, Vetusala maculata gen. et sp. nov., is described and illustrated based on a forewing specimen from the Middle-Upper Triassic Yanchang Formation of northern China. The new discovery represents the earliest and the first definite Triassic member of Hylicellidae in China, further shedding light on the diversity of cicadomorphan insects in the Tongchuan entomofauna.

 

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