A new species of Foveopsis Shcherbakov (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoroidea: Perforissidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. (November 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhang, Xiao; Ren, Dong; Yao, Yunzhi
• Is Part Of: Cretaceous research. Volume 79(2017)
• Page Start: 35
• Page End: 42
• Publication Date: 2017-11
• Subjects: Mesozoic -- Burma -- Auchenorrhyncha -- Planthopper -- Cixitettiginae; Geology, Stratigraphic -- Cretaceous -- Periodicals; 551.77
• DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2017.07.002
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0195-6671

Abstract

Abstract: A new species, Foveopsis heteroidea sp. nov. is described from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber based on four well-preserved specimens. The abundance and distribution of sensory pits in adult Perforissidae may not be considered as classification character. Well-preserved wing-coupling apparatus and nodal line indicate Perforissidae should have a moderately versatile flight capability, and with the help of atmospheric flow, Perforissidae had a broad geographical distribution in Cretaceous. Sexual difference of new species is briefly discussed, indicates it in planthopper has already existed in the Cretaceous.