Cercopis cephalinus Cockerell 1921 (froghopper)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Cercopidae

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1921. Eocene Insects from the Rocky Mountains. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 57:233-260

Belongs to Cercopis according to T. D. A. Cockerell 1921

Sister taxa: Cercopis amaguensis, Cercopis astricta, Cercopis charpentieri, Cercopis germari, Cercopis giebeli, Cercopis gigantea, Cercopis grandescens, Cercopis hageni, Cercopis herrichi, Cercopis lanceolata, Cercopis longicollis, Cercopis melaena, Cercopis oeningensis, Cercopis oswaldheeri, Cercopis oswaldi, Cercopis rectelinea, Cercopis selwyni, Cercopis suffocata

Type specimen: USNM 66564, a tegmen. Its type locality is White River (Scudder collection), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Utah.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at USGS 17-3; Smith's Ranch, in the vicinity of Cathedral Bluffs

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