†Ptychoptilum major Emeljanov 1990 (achilid planthopper)
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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 A. M. Brysz and J. Szwedo 2018
See also Emeljanov 1990 and Szwedo et al. 2004
Sister taxon: Ptychoptilum minor
Type specimen: PIN 964/707, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Yantarnyi village (PIN collection 964), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Yantarnyi village (PIN collection 964)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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