Insecta - Hemiptera - Cicadidae
Alternative combinations: Cicada grandiosa, Tibicen grandiosa
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1892. Some Insects of special interest from Florissant, Colorado and other points in the Tertiaries of Colorado and Utah. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 93:1-25
Belongs to Hadoa according to M. S. Moulds 2018
See also Cockerell 1911, Hill et al. 2015 and Scudder 1892
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USGS1850, a hindwing (missing tip). Its type locality is Florissant (USGS collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale/volcaniclastic in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Colorado collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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