Protodelphax rhinion Hamilton 1990 (planthopper)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Lalacidae

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

Belongs to Protodelphax according to J. Szwedo et al. 2004

See also Hamilton 1990

Sister taxa: Protodelphax chamus, Protodelphax macroceps, Protodelphax miles

Type specimen: AMNH 43622, an exoskeleton (male). Its type locality is Crato (AMNH collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Crato (AMNH collection)

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