A REMARKABLE FOSSIL HOMOPTERAN FROM CANADIAN CRETACEOUS AMBER REPRESENTING A NEW FAMILY

1 July 1971

journal article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Canadian Entomologist

Vol. 103 (7) , 943-946
https://doi.org/10.4039/ent103943-7

Abstract

A nymph of an homopteran preserved in Cretaceous amber from Cedar Lake, Man., is described. It presents features of two recent families, Cercopidae and Cicadellidae, and so is recognized as a new family of intermediate position. Jascopidae new family contains only Jascopus notabilis n. gen., n. sp.

Keywords

HOMOPTERAN
CRETACEOUS
AMBER
NEW FAMILY
CANADIAN
FOSSIL
NYMPH
LAKE
RECOGNIZED

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