Insecta - Hemiptera - Cicadidae

Full reference: H. Jiang, J. Szwedo, C. C. Labandeira, J. Chen, M. S. Moulds, M. Mähler, A. D. Muscente, D. Zhuo, Thet Tin Nyunt, H. C. Zhang, C. Wei, J. Rust, and B. Wang. 2024. Mesozoic evolution of cicadas and their origins of vocalization and root feeding. Nature Communications 15(376)

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

Sister taxa: Cretotettigarcta burmensis, Cretotettigarcta problematica

Type specimen: NIGP201896, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

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

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