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Issue: Vol. 1751 No. 1: 16 Apr. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-04-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1751.1.7
Page range: 65–68
Abstract views: 62
PDF downloaded: 1

A new genus and species of Palaeontinidae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha) from the Lower Cretaceous of southern England

State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy (Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences), 39 East Beijing Rd., Nanjing 210008, China
State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy (Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences), 39 East Beijing Rd., Nanjing 210008, China
Maidstone Museum & Bentlif Art Gallery, St. Faith's St., Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1LH; SHES, University of Reading, PO Box 227, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 2AB, UK
Hemiptera Homoptera fossil morphology Weald England

Abstract

Valdicossus chesteri, a new genus and species belonging to Palaeontinidae (Insecta, Hemiptera), is described based on a well-preserved hindwing from the Early Cretaceous Wealden Supergroup of southern England. The specimen is the first well-preserved hindwing of Palaeontinidae from the UK. It differs from other genera as follows: veins M 1 , M 2 and M 3+4 arise from stem M near wing base; vein M 3+4 unbranched; fusion between veins RP and M 1 basal of the level of wing indentation; and vein A 1 absent.

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