Ptychoptilum minor Emeljanov 1990 (achilid planthopper)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Achilidae

Full reference: A. F. Emeljanov. 1990. A new genus and a new tribe of the family Achilidae (Homoptera, Cicadina) from the Baltic amber. Vestnik Zoologii 1990(6):6-10

Belongs to Ptychoptilum according to J. Szwedo et al. 2004

See also Emeljanov 1990

Sister taxon: Ptychoptilum major

Type specimen: PIN 364/385, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber (PIN collection 364), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Lithuania.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic amber (PIN collection 364)

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