†Scolypopites Tillyard 1924 (planthopper)
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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
Type: Scolypopites bryani
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Redbank Plains (Eocene of Australia)
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