Oligocixia Gebicki and Wegierek 1993 (cixiid planthopper)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Cixiidae
Full reference: C. Gebicki and P. Wegierek. 1993. Oligocixia electrina gen. et sp. nov. (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cixiidae) from Dominican amber. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A 95:121-125
Parent taxon: Cixiidae according to J. Szwedo et al. 2004
See also Gebicki and Wegierek 1993
Sister taxa: Bothriocerinae, Cixiinae, Cretofennahia, Hyalesthes, Karebodopoides, Mnemosyne, Mundopoides, Oeclixius, Plecophlebus
Subtaxa: Oligocixia electrina
Type: Oligocixia electrina
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (NHMW coll) (Miocene to Miocene of Dominican Republic)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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