†Florissantia elegans Scudder 1890 (planthopper)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Dictyopharidae
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1890. The Tertiary Insects of North America. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories XIII:1-734
Belongs to Florissantia according to J. Szwedo et al. 2004
See also Cockerell 1909 and Scudder 1890
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PU 6783, an exoskeleton (body with wings). Its type locality is Florissant (former Princeton collection), which is in an Eocene lacustrine - large shale/volcaniclastic in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Colorado collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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