Megaleurodes Hamilton 1990 (planthopper)

Insecta - Hemiptera

Full reference: K. G. A. Hamilton. 1990. Insects from the Santana Formation, Lower Cretaceous, of Brazil. Chapter 6: Homoptera. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 195:82-122

Parent taxon: Fulgoroidea according to J. Szwedo et al. 2004

See also Hamilton 1990 and Shcherbakov 2000

Sister taxa: Achilidae, Asira, Asiraca albipuncta, Caliscelidae, Cicadellites obscurus, Cixioides, Cixius fraternus, Cixius proavus, Derbidae, Dictyopharidae, Eofulgorella, Eoliarus, Eurybrachidae, Flatidae, Fulgoridae, Heseneuma, Issidae, Kinnaridae, Laiyangella, Lophopidae, Nogodinidae, Oligonila, Paricanoides, Poeocera venulosa, Prosbolopsidae, Protoliarus, Ricaniidae, Spinonympha, Tettigometridae, Tropiduchidae, Yetkhatidae

Subtaxa: Megaleurodes megocellata

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Type: Megaleurodes megocellata

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Crato (AMNH collection) (Cretaceous of Brazil)

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