†Eotettigarcta scotica Zeuner 1944 (hairy cicada)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Tettigarctidae
Full reference: F. E. Zeuner. 1944. Notes on Eocene Homoptera from the Isle of Mull, Scotland. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eleventh Series 11(74):110-117
Belongs to Eotettigarcta according to M. S. Moulds 2018
See also Whalley 1983 and Zeuner 1944
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: BMNH In 38883, a hindwing (anal lobe missing, apex damaged). Its type locality is Ardtun Head, Isle of Mull, which is in a Thanetian lacustrine claystone/sandstone in the interbasaltic plant-beds Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Ardtun Head, Isle of Mull
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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