Saltissus fennahi Luo et al. 2021 (planthopper)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Mimarachnidae

Full reference: C.H. Luo, X. J. Liu, and E. A. Jarzembowski. 2021. Taxonomic names, in The first mimarachnid planthopper (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Mimarachnidae: Saltissus) from the Wealden (Lower Cretaceous) of southern England. Historical Biology 34:2031-2036

Belongs to Saltissus according to C.H. Luo et al. 2021

Sister taxon: Saltissus eskovi

Type specimen: BMB 014919/NHMUK In. 64637, a tegmen. Its type locality is Smokejacks Brickworks, which is in a Barremian pond claystone/siltstone in the Weald Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Smokejacks Brickworks

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