†Necropsylla rigida Scudder 1890 (jumping plant louse)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Aphalaridae
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 Necropsylla according to D. Burckhardt and D. Ouvrard 2012
See also Becker-Migdisova 1985 and Scudder 1890
Sister taxon: Necropsylla rigidula
Type specimen: MCZ 3457, an exoskeleton. 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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