Insecta - Hemiptera - Cicadidae

Full reference: G. Poinar, G. Kritsky, and A. Brown. 2012. Minyscapheus dominicanus n. gen., n. sp. (Hemiptera: Cicadidae), a fossil cicada in Dominican amber. Historical Biology 24:329-333

Belongs to Minyscapheus according to M. S. Moulds 2018

See also Poinar et al. 2012

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Poinar HO-4-62, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber, La Bucara mine (Poinar coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the La Toca Formation of the Dominican Republic.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber, La Bucara mine (Poinar coll)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.