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Issue: Vol. 77 No. 1: 31 Dec. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-12-31
DOI: 10.12976/jib/2025.77.1.11
Page range: 71-84
Abstract views: 31
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New data on Cicadomorpha from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of China

State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, 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
State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; Steinhardt Museum of Natural History and New Environmental School, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6100000, Israel
Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (UMR 7205), MNHN, CNRS, SU, EPHE-PSL, UA, CP50, 57 Rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France
Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation Huangbanjigou Hylicellidae Procercopidae Cicadelloidea

Abstract

The Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota yielded exceptionally diverse and abundant insect fossils, yet its cicadomorphan record remains incompletely documented. Here, we describe new cicadomorphan specimens from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Huangbanjigou, Beipiao City, northeastern China. The material includes Stellularis longirostris and Sinocercopis sp. (Procercopidae), a new species, Cretohylicella lambkini sp. nov., tentatively assigned to Hylicellidae, and a new specimen tentatively assigned to Cicadelloidea. This study enriches the cicadomorphan diversity of the Yixian Formation and provides new insights into the phytophagous insect assemblage of the Jehol Biota.

 

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