Archepseudophylla fossilis Nel et al. 2008 (katydid)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Tettigoniidae

Full reference: A. Nel, J. Prokop, and A. J. Ross. 2008. New genus of leaf-mimicking katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from the Late Eocene–Early Oligocene of France and England. Comptes Rendus Palevol 7:211-216

Belongs to Archepseudophylla according to A. Nel et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Archepseudophylla melanospila, Archepseudophylla nanzhaoica, Archepseudophylla wenshanensis

Type specimen: MNHN-LP-R.63854, a tegmen. Its type locality is Camoins-les-Bains (MNHN coll), which is in an Oligocene lacustrine marl in France.

Ecology: slow-moving arboreal folivore-herbivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of France (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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