Stonymetopus Poinar et al. 2022 (planthopper)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Fulgoridiidae

Full reference: G. Poinar, A. E. Brown, and T. Bourgoin. 2022. Stonymetopus megus gen. et sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha), the first Fulgoridiidae genus from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Palaeodiversity 15:83-90

Parent taxon: Fulgoridiidae according to G. Poinar et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Cixiites, Elasmoscelidium, Eofulgoridium, Fulgoridium, Mesocixiella fennahi, Valvifulgoria

Subtaxa: Stonymetopus megus

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Type: Stonymetopus megus

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin Amber (Poinar collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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