Caillardia sueva Burckhardt et al. 2026 (jumping plant louse)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Aphalaridae

Full reference: D. Burckhardt, L. S. Serbina, and U. Kotthoff. 2026. Taxonomic names, in The first fossil member of Aphalaridae (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Psylloidea) from the Miocene of Southern Germany (Randeck Maar). Evolutionary Systematics 10:113-118

Belongs to Caillardia according to D. Burckhardt et al. 2026

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SMNS-P-108003-1, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Randeck Maar (SMNS coll), which is in a MN 5 crater lake lime mudstone in the Randeck Maar Formation of Germany.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Randeck Maar (SMNS coll)

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