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A remarkable new genus of Procercopidae (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea) from the Middle Jurassic of China

Bo WANG & Haichun ZHANG

en Comptes Rendus Palevol 8 (4) - Pages 389-394

Published on 30 June 2009

Jurocercopis grandis, a new genus and species belonging to Procercopidae (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea), is described, based on seven specimens from the Middle Jurassic of Daohugou, China. It differs distinctly from other genera as follows: body and wings obviously large; pronotum with posterior margin straight; tegmen with costal margin convex at about basal 0.4 wing length; hind basitarsomere with a row of apical small teeth.


Keywords:

Procercopidae, Hemiptera, New species, Middle Jurassic, Daohugou, China

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