Vulcanetoia membranosa Martins-Neto 1988 (planthopper)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Lalacidae

Alternative combination: Vulcanoia membranosa

Full reference: R. G. Martins-Neto. 1988. A new fossil insect (Homoptera, Cixiidae) from the Santana Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Araripe basin, northeast Brasil. Interciencia 13:313-316

Belongs to Vulcanetoia according to P. G. Allsopp 2024

See also Martins-Neto 1988 and Szwedo et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Vulcanetoia acuceps, Vulcanetoia apicalis

Type specimen: CV-2079, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Crato (Vulcano collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Crato (Vulcano collection)

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