Sakhalotettix eocenicus, Dietrich, Christopher H. & Perkovsky, Evgeny E., 2019

Dietrich, Christopher H. & Perkovsky, Evgeny E., 2019, First record of Cicadellidae (Insecta, Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha) from Eocene Sakhalinian amber, ZooKeys 886, pp. 127-134 : 127

Sakhalotettix eocenicus sp. nov. Figs 1 , 2

Description.

Structural features as in genus description.

Measurements.

Body length 4.2 mm; head width 1.3 mm; front femur length 0.8 mm, tibia length 0.95 mm; middle femur length 0.65 mm.

Material examined.

Holotype, female (?) PIN 3387/1085, Starodubskoye, Sakhalinian amber. middle Eocene.

Etymology.

The species name, eocenicus , refers to the age of the fossil.

Figures

Figure 1. Sakhalotettix eocenicus gen. & sp. nov., holotype female A habitus, left ventrolateral view B habitus, right ventrolateral vie C detail of head and prothorax, left ventrolateral view D head and part of thorax, anterodorsal view.

Figure 2. Sakhalotettix eocenicus gen. & sp. nov., holotype female A head, proepisternum and right front leg (part), left anterolateral view B head, pronotum and front legs, anterodorsal view C abdominal sternite VII, ventral view.