†Sanmai xuni Chen et al. 2016 (cicada)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Cicadidae
Full reference: J. Chen, H. C. Zhang, and B. Wang. 2016. Taxonomic names, in New Jurassic tettigarctid cicadas from China with a novel example of disruptive coloration. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 61:853-862
Belongs to Sanmai according to M. S. Moulds 2018
See also Chen et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Sanmai kongi, Sanmai mengi
Type specimen: STMN48-1803, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (STMN collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Daohugou (STMN collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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