Ptychogroehnia reducta Szwedo and Stroinski 2001 (achilid planthopper)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Achilidae

Full reference: J. Szwedo and A. Stroinski. 2001. Ptychogroehnia reducta gen. and sp. nov. of the fossil tribe Ptychoptilini from the Eocene Baltic amber (Hemiptera: Fulgoridea: Achilidae). Annales Zoologici 51:95-101

Belongs to Ptychogroehnia according to A. M. Brysz and J. Szwedo 2018

See also Szwedo et al. 2004 and Szwedo and Stroinski 2001

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: GPIH Grohn 244, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, GPIH collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, GPIH collection

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