†Petrolystra gigantea 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
Belongs to Petrolystra according to S. H. Scudder 1890
See also Scudder 1878 and Scudder 1885
Sister taxon: Petrolystra heros
Type specimen: 411, an exoskeleton (perfect specimen). Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Florissant (MCZ Collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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