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Issue: Vol. 60 No. 1: 27 Dec. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-12-27
DOI: 10.12976/jib/2024.60.1.11
Page range: 75-82
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New Cicadomorpha from the Triassic of China raise questions on the systematics of Archijassidae

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Biocenter, Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (UMR 7205), MNHN, CNRS, SU, EPHE-PSL, UA, CP50, 57 Rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Biocenter, Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
Archijassidae Hylicellidae taxonomy fossil Tongchuan

Abstract

The fossil record of Cicadomorpha is fragmentary, and mostly based on isolated tegmina. Here, we describe and illustrate a new genus and species, Triasalus chromatus gen. et sp. nov., from the Middle–Upper Triassic Yanchang Formation of Tongchuan City, northern China. The new specimen exhibits features similar to those of the two early cicadomorphan families, Hylicellidae and Archijassidae, preventing a secure assignment to either group. The classification history of Hylicellidae and Archijassidae is reviewed and the morphological characters currently used to distinguish the two families are discussed.

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