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Issue: Vol. 6 No. 2: April 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-04-28
DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.2.6
Page range: 146–154
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Duraznoscytinum aristovi gen. et sp. nov., a new scytinopterid (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha) from the Upper Triassic of Argentina

Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral (CECOAL-CONICET-UNNE). Ruta Provincial 5, km 2.5, 3400, Corrientes, Argentina
Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia” (MACN-CONICET). Av. Ángel Gallardo 470, C1405DJR, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Departamento de Paleontología, Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales IANIGLA, CCT-CONICET Mendoza, Av. Adrián Ruiz Leal s/n, Parque General San Martín, (M5502 IRA) Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina
Hemiptera Cicadomorpha Scytinopteridae taxonomy Upper Triassic Potrerillos Formation Argentina Gondwana

Abstract

A new scytinopterid (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha), Duraznoscytinum aristovi gen. et sp. nov., is described. The specimen was recovered from the upper section of the Potrerillos Formation (Upper Triassic) at the Quebrada del Durazno locality, south of the Cerro Cacheuta, Cuyana Basin, in Mendoza, Argentina. This represents the first record of a complete forewing (tegminous + clavus) of a scytinopterid for the Triassic of South America. Additionally, we briefly discuss the Triassic scytinopterid distribution worldwide, and provide preliminary morphological differences observed between the taxa recorded in the Southern Hemisphere. The new fossil described herein contributes to the knowledge on the hemipterofauna diversity present at the south of the Cerro Cacheuta area during Early Mesozoic times.

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