First record of Cicadellidae (Insecta, Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha) from Eocene Sakhalinian amber

Sakhalotettix eocenicus gen. & sp. nov., the first leafhopper reported from middle Eocene Sakhalinian amber, is described and illustrated. The fossil cicadellid resembles modern Xestocephalini and Bathysmatophorini in some respects but, because of its unique combination of traits, cannot...

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Main Authors: Christopher H. Dietrich, Evgeny E. Perkovsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2019-11-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/38828/download/pdf/

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