†Mesodiphthera grandis Tillyard 1919 (hairy cicada)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Tettigarctidae
Full reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1919. Mesozoic Insects of Queensland. No. 7 Hemiptera Homoptera; with a note on the phylogeny of the suborder. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 44:857-896
Belongs to Mesodiphthera according to K. J. Lambkin 2019
See also Tillyard 1919 and Tillyard 1923
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: GSQI213, a tegmen (Basal half of tegmen). Its type locality is Denmark Hill Insect Bed (Dunstan 1915-1916 collection), which is in a Norian pond siltstone in the Blackstone Formation of Australia.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Triassic of Australia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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