Cretofennahia cretacea Martins-Neto 1988 (cixiid planthopper)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Cixiidae

Alternative combination: Fennahia cretacea

Full reference: R. G. Martins-Neto. 1988. A new genus and species of Cixiidae (Homoptera, Fulgoroidea) from the Santana Formation (Lower Cretaceous) Araripe basin, northeast Brazil. Acta Geologica Leopoldensia 11(26):7-14

Belongs to Cretofennahia according to R. G. Martins-Neto and J. Szwedo 2007

See also Martins-Neto 1988 and Szwedo et al. 2004

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CV-986, an exoskeleton

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Crato (Vulcano collection) (Cretaceous of Brazil)

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