Insecta - Hemiptera - Palaeontinidae

Alternative combination: Paleohomoptera lithographica

Synonyms: Beloptesis gigantea Weyenbergh 1874, Beloptesis oppenheimi Handlirsch 1906, Cicada gigantea Weyenbergh 1874, Cicadites gigantea Weyenbergh 1874, Protopsyche braueri Handlirsch 1906

Full reference: P. Oppenheim. 1888. Die Insectenwelt des lithographischen Scheifers in Bayern. Palaeontographica 35:215-254

Belongs to Prolystra according to B. Wang et al. 2010

See also Haase 1890, Handlirsch 1906, Meunier 1897, Oppenheim 1888, Ponomarenko 1985 and Weyenbergh 1874

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

• Prolystra lithographica: BSPGM (lost), an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Solnhofen (BSPGM Munich coll), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.
• Beloptesis gigantea: TM 12573, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Solnhofen (Teyler Museum Collection), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.
• Beloptesis oppenheimi: NHMW2007z0142/0004, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Eichstätt, Solnhofen (Naturhistorischen Museum Wien collection), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.
• Protopsyche braueri: NHMW2007z0142/0002, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Eichstätt, Solnhofen (Naturhistorischen Museum Wien collection), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.

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