Scolypopites Tillyard 1924 (planthopper)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Ricaniidae

Full reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1924. On a Tertiary fossil insect wing from Queensland (Homoptera Fulgoroidea), with a description of a new genus and species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 35:16-20

Parent taxon: Ricaniidae according to J. Szwedo et al. 2004

See also Tillyard 1924

Sister taxa: Acroprivesa, Cotradechites, Dilaropsis, Eoperlites, Eoricania, Hammapteryx, Neoricania, Osaka, Pocharica, Ricania, Ricaniinae

Subtaxa: Scolypopites bryani

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Type: Scolypopites bryani

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Redbank Plains (Eocene of Australia)

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