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

By

Dietrich, Christopher H.
Perkovsky, Evgeny E.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

886

Pages

127--134

Subjects

amber insects , Bathysmatophorinae , Leafhoppers , Morphology , systematic paleontology , Xestocephalini

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.886.38828

 

Abstract

Sakhalotettix eocenicusgen. & 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 be placed with certainty in either group, or in any other modern cicadellid subfamily. It is, therefore, considered to be incertae sedis within Cicadellidae.