Dorytocus ornithorhynchus Emeljanov and Shcherbakov 2018 (planthopper)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Dorytocidae

Full reference: A. F. Emeljanov and D. E. Shcherbakov. 2018. The longest-nosed Mesozoic Fulgoroidea (Homoptera): a new family from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Far Eastern Entomologist 354:1-14

Belongs to Dorytocus according to Z. S. Song et al. 2021

See also Emeljanov and Shcherbakov 2018

Sister taxon: Dorytocus jiaxiaoae

Type specimen: PIN 5608/3, a nymph. Its type locality is Burmese amber (PIN collection 5608), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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