Insecta - Hemiptera - Archijassidae

Alternative combination: Cicadellium psocus

Synonyms: Cercopidium telesphorus Westwood 1854, Homopterulum telesphorus Westwood 1854

Full reference: J. O. Westwood. 1854. Contributions to fossil entomology. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 10:378-396

Belongs to Purbecellus according to D. E. Shcherbakov 2012

See also Handlirsch 1907, Shcherbakov 2012, Szwedo et al. 2004 and Westwood 1854

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

• Purbecellus psocus: BMNH I.11957, a hindwing. Its type locality is Durlston Bay, Middle Purbeck, Swanage (Brodie collection), which is in a Berriasian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Durlston Formation of the United Kingdom.
• Cercopidium telesphorus: Its type locality is Durlston Bay, Middle Purbeck, Swanage (Brodie collection), which is in a Berriasian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Durlston Formation of the United Kingdom.

Distribution: found only at Durlston Bay, Middle Purbeck, Swanage (Brodie collection)

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