Abstract
Rovnoxestus rasnitsyni gen. et sp. nov. is described from Eocene Rovno amber based on an adult female and fifthinstar nymph collected at a recently discovered locality at Perebrody, Rovno Province, Ukraine. The new fossil taxon is tentatively placed in Aphrodinae and resembles Xestocephalites Dietrich & Gonçalves from Eocene Baltic amber but has the hind femur macrosetal formula 2+2+1 and hind tarsomere I in both nymph and adult with an elongated inner preapical seta. This is the first species of Eocene leafhopper for which both the adult and nymph are described in detail.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 445-452 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Palaeoentomology |
Volume | 4 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 2021 |
Keywords
- Auchenorrhyncha
- Homoptera
- fossil
- morphology
- taxonomy
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Insect Science
- Palaeontology
- Ecology