Insecta - Hemiptera - Fulgoridae

Alternative combination: Oxycephala shanwangensis

Synonyms: Fulgoropsis fusca Hong 1984, Hylophylax erromena Lin 1982, Oxycephala xiejiaheensis Hong 1984

Full reference: Y. C. Hong. 1979. Oxycephala gen. nov., a Miocene Homoptera (Insecta) from Linqu of Shandong. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 18(3):301-307

Belongs to Limois according to J. Szwedo et al. 2004

See also Hong 1979, Hong 1984, Lin 1982, Zhang 1989 and Zhang et al. 1994

Sister taxon: Limois pardalis

Type specimens:

• Limois shanwangensis: Sht73/1001, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Shanwang, Linqu County, collection Sht, which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China.
• Fulgoropsis fusca: Its type locality is Shanwang, Linqu County, collection 79/80 (Beijing Museum), which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China.
• Hylophylax erromena: Shandong Museum 750118, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Shanwang, Linqu County, collection 5, which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China.
• Oxycephala xiejiaheensis: Its type locality is Shanwang, Linqu County, collection Dong, which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China.

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