Hammapteryx eocenicus Piton 1940 (planthopper)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Ricaniidae

Full reference: L. Piton. 1940. Paléontologie du Gisement Éocéne de Menat (Puy-de-Dôme) (Flore et Faune) 1-303

Belongs to Hammapteryx according to J. Szwedo et al. 2004

See also Piton 1940

Sister taxa: Hammapteryx anglica, Hammapteryx ceryniiformis, Hammapteryx lepidoides, Hammapteryx reticulata, Hammapteryx tripunctata

Type specimen: Coll. Piton 88, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Menat (Piton collection), which is in a Selandian crater lake diatomite in the Menat Formation of France.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Menat (Piton collection)

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