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Tibicina haematodes foss. Scopoli, 1763
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Taxonomy
Cicada
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Cicadidae
Genus: Tibicina
Species: Tibicina haematodes foss.
Author Citation Scopoli, 1763
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Neogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Pliocene
International Age: Piacenzian
Stratigraphy
Willershausen Formation
Provenance
Collector: T. Bastelberger
Acquired by: Field Collection
Dimensions
Length: 32 mm
Location
Willershausen a. Harz
Lower Saxony
Germany
Comments
The wing venation of this fossil cicada is indistinguishable from that of a recent Tibicina haematodes, hence Tibicina haematodes foss. Scopoli, 1763.
A recent Tibicina haematodes (taken from Wikipedia, own work by Dodoni, 1. 10. 2007)
Lit.:
Wagner, W. (1967): Die Singzikaden (Homoptera, Cicadidae) aus dem Pliozän von Willershausen/Westharz. Bericht der Naturhistorischen Gesellschaft Hannover, Band 111.
Wagner, W. (1968): Eine afrikanische Schaumzikade, Ptyelus grossus Fabricius, 1781 fossilis aus dem Pliozän von Willershausen (Homoptera, Aphrophoridae). Berichte der Naturhistorischen Gesellschaft Hannover, Beiheft 6.
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