Tardilly dunstani Tillyard 1922

Insecta - Hemiptera - Tettigarctidae

Alternative combination: Mesodiphthera dunstani

Full reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1922. Mesozoic Insects of Queensland. No. 9 Orthoptera, and additions to the Protorthoptera, Odonata, Hemiptera and Planipennia. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 47:447-470

Belongs to Tardilly according to K. J. Lambkin 2019

See also Evans 1956, Tillyard 1922 and Tillyard 1923

Sister taxon: Tardilly prosboloides

Type specimen: 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

Distribution: found only at Denmark Hill Insect Bed (Dunstan 1915-1916 collection)

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