†Eocicada microcephala Oppenheim 1888 (true bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Palaeontinidae

Synonym: Eocicada lameerei Handlirsch 1906

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

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

See also Carpenter 1932, Haase 1890, Handlirsch 1906 and Oppenheim 1888

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Eocicada microcephala: 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.
  • Eocicada lameerei: Geological Institute of the Brussels University (lost), an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bayern (Brussel Collection), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Germany (6 collections)

Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences

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