†Tibicina gigantea Boulard and Riou 1989 (cicada)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Cicadidae
Full reference: M. Boulard and B. Riou. 1989. Tibicina gigantea n. sp., cigale fossile de la Montangne d'Andance (Homoptera, Tibicinidae). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie (N.S.) 5:349-351
Belongs to Tibicina according to M. S. Moulds 2018
See also Boulard and Riou 1989
Sister taxa: Tibicina boulardi, Tibicina haematodes, Tibicina lata, Tibicina sakalai
Type specimen: MPVR Riou 485, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Montagne d'Andance, Saint-Bauzile, Privas (Riou collection), which is in a Turolian crater lake diatomite in France.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Montagne d'Andance, Saint-Bauzile, Privas (Riou collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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