†Tardilly Lambkin 2019 (hairy cicada)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Tettigarctidae
Full reference: K. J. Lambkin. 2019. Mesodiphthera Tillyard, 1919, from the Late Triassic of Queensland, the oldest cicada (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Cicadoidea: Tettigarctidae). Zootaxa 4567:358-366
Parent taxon: Tettigarctidae according to K. J. Lambkin 2019
Sister taxa: Cicadoprosbolinae, Kerjieprosbole, Lacunisbole, Mesodiphthera, Quadrisbole, Sinocicadia, Tettigarctinae
Subtaxa: Tardilly dunstani Tardilly prosboloides
Type: Mesodiphthera prosboloides
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Denmark Hill Insect Bed (Dunstan 1915-1916 collection) (Triassic of Australia)
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