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Issue: Vol. 5739 No. 1: 31 Dec. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-12-31
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5739.1.10
Page range: 60-68
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Synchrotron X-ray tomography reveals a new genus of tropiduchid planthopper (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) from Eocene Baltic amber

Institut de Systématique; Évolution; Biodiversité (UMR 7205) Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle; CNRS; Sorbonne Université; EPHE-PSL; Université des Antilles; F-75005 Paris; France
Institut de Systématique; Évolution; Biodiversité (UMR 7205) Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle; CNRS; Sorbonne Université; EPHE-PSL; Université des Antilles; F-75005 Paris; France
Oxford University Museum of Natural History; University of Oxford; Parks Road; Oxford OX1 3PW; United Kingdom
Institut de Systématique; Évolution; Biodiversité (UMR 7205) Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle; CNRS; Sorbonne Université; EPHE-PSL; Université des Antilles; F-75005 Paris; France
Hemiptera auchenorrhyncha Ct-scan eocene Fulgoroidea new taxon tropiduchidae

Abstract

We describe a new genus and species of the small planthopper family Tropiduchidae Stål, 1866, Discotropiduchus junoi gen. et sp. nov. This new taxon highlights the remarkable diversity of tropiduchid planthoppers preserved in Eocene Baltic amber. Moreover, its morphological characters are incompatible with any currently recognized tropiduchid tribe. We therefore discuss the affinities of the new genus with the tribes previously established within Tropiduchidae.

 

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How to Cite

Boderau, M., Peng, A., Jouault, C. & Nel, A. (2025) Synchrotron X-ray tomography reveals a new genus of tropiduchid planthopper (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) from Eocene Baltic amber. Zootaxa, 5739 (1), 60–68. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5739.1.10