†Palecphora maculata Scudder 1890 (froghopper)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Cercopidae
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 Palecphora according to S. H. Scudder 1890
Sister taxa: Palecphora communis, Palecphora inornata, Palecphora marvinei, Palecphora patefacta, Palecphora praevalens
Type specimen: 622, 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)
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