Title:

New planthoppers (Insecta: Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) from the Middle Eocene Messel maar

Subtitle:

Annales Zoologici, vol. 56, no 3 ; New planthoppers from the Eocene Messel maar

Creator:

Szwedo, Jacek ; Wappler, Torsten

Contributor:

Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Publisher:

Fundacja Natura optima dux

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

2006

Description:

Bibliogr. p. 565-566 ; P. 555-566 : ill. ; 27 cm ; Taxa in Latin

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

Hemiptera ; Fulgoromorpha ; Dictyopharidae ; Lophopidae ; Eurybrachidae ; Nogodinidae ; Ricaniidae ; Wedelphus ; Wedelphus dichopteroides ; Baninus ; Baninus thuringiorum ; Amalaberga ; Amalaberga ostrogothiorum ; new genera ; new species ; Palaeogene ; Lower Middle Eocene ; Messel maar ; insect fossils

Abstract:

Three new genera of extinct Dictyopharidae, Lophopidae and Eurybrachyidae respectively are described. Wedelphus gen. nov. with Wedelphus dichopteroides sp.nov. placed in Dictyopharidae, Baninus gen. nov. with Baninus thuringiorum sp. nov.of the family Lophopidae and Amalaberga gen. nov. with Amalaberga ostrogothiorum sp. nov. placed in Eurybrachidae (first fossil record of the family) are described, all fromdeposits of the Grube Messel Lagerstätte in Germany. A representative of an unrecognised family, possibly related to Henriksenopterix Petrulevičius, 2005 is reported. The oil shales of the Messel maar in Hessen are well known for their extremely rich fossil flora and fauna. They are of Lower Middle Eocene age (about 48 million years) and contain a highly diverse insect fauna.

Relation:

Annales Zoologici

Volume:

56

Issue:

3

Start page:

555

End page:

566

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article : original article

Format:

application/pdf

Source:

MiIZ PAN, call no. P.255, vol 56, no 3 ; MiIZ PAN, call no. P.4314, vol 56, no 3 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

Language of abstract:

eng

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Restricted Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. Access only on terminals at the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, may be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms.

Digitizing institution:

Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

European Union. European Regional Development Fund ; Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure

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