†Petrolystra Scudder 1878 (froghopper)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Aphrophoridae
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1878. An Account of Some Insects of Unusual Interest from the Tertiary Rocks of Colorado and Wyoming. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 4(2):519-543
Parent taxon: Aphrophorinae according to S. H. Scudder 1878
See also Scudder 1890
Sister taxa: Aphrophorinae, Blenniphora, Luisphantyelus, Natajephora, Palaeoptysma, Palaphrodes, Ptysmaphora
Subtaxa: Petrolystra gigantea Petrolystra heros
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Florissant (MCZ Collection) (Eocene of Colorado)
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