Aphrophora molassica Heer 1853 (froghopper)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Aphrophoridae

Full reference: O. Heer. 1853. Die Insektenfauna der TertiƤrgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Dritte Theil: Rhynchoten 1-138

Belongs to Aphrophora according to O. Heer 1853

Sister taxa: Aphrophora (Ptyela), Aphrophora angusta, Aphrophora brevistylata, Aphrophora coquandi, Aphrophora dimidia, Aphrophora electrina, Aphrophora pinguicula, Aphrophora pitoni, Aphrophora protocalla, Aphrophora pulchra, Aphrophora spumarioides, Aphrophora stavropolitana, Aphrophora ungeri, Aphrophora vetusta

Type specimen: Its type locality is Greith coal mine, Hohenrhone, which is in an Oligocene fluvial-lacustrine marl in Switzerland

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Greith coal mine, Hohenrhone

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