Eogyropsylla sedzimiri Drohojowska 2011 (jumping plant louse)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Aphalaridae

Full reference: J. Drohojowska. 2011. Eogyropsylla sedzimiri sp. nov. from Eocene Baltic amber with a key to the species of the fossil genus Eogyropsylla Klimaszewski, 1993 (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Psylloidea). Zootaxa 2803:41-48

Belongs to Eogyropsylla according to J. Drohojowska 2011

Sister taxa: Eogyropsylla eocenica, Eogyropsylla jantaria, Eogyropsylla magna, Eogyropsylla pankowskii, Eogyropsylla parva, Eogyropsylla paveloctogenarius, Eogyropsylla weitschati

Type specimen: 1708, WK 1360, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (University of Gdansk MAI collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (University of Gdansk MAI collection)

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