†Protepiptera Usinger 1939 (achilid planthopper)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Achilidae
Full reference: R. L. Usinger. 1939. Protepiptera, a new genus of Achilidae from Baltic amber (Hemiptera, Fulgoroidea). Psyche 46:65-67
Parent taxon: Achilini according to A. M. Brysz and J. Szwedo 2018
See also Emeljanov and Shcherbakov 2009 and Szwedo et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Cixidiina, Elidipterina, Gedanochila, Hooleya, Paratesum, Protomenocria, Psycheona
Subtaxa: Protepiptera kaweckii Protepiptera reticulata
Type: Protepiptera kaweckii
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Lithuania (1 collection), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (3), Ukraine (1)
Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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