Cretotettigarcta problematica Jiang et al. 2019

Insecta - Hemiptera - Cicadidae

Alternative combination: Hpanraais problematicus

Full reference: H. Jiang, J. Chen, E. A. Jarzembowski and B. Wang. 2019. An enigmatic fossil hairy cicada (Hemiptera, Tettigarctidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 96:14-18

Belongs to Cretotettigarcta according to H. Jiang et al. 2024

See also Jiang et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Cretotettigarcta burmensis, Cretotettigarcta shcherbakovi

Type specimen: NIGP 168934, a tegmen. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection)

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