Cercopis astricta Scudder 1890 (froghopper)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Cercopidae

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1890. The Tertiary Insects of North America. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories XIII:1-734

Belongs to Cercopis according to S. H. Scudder 1890

Sister taxa: Cercopis amaguensis, Cercopis cephalinus, Cercopis charpentieri, Cercopis germari, Cercopis giebeli, Cercopis gigantea, Cercopis grandescens, Cercopis hageni, Cercopis herrichi, Cercopis lanceolata, Cercopis longicollis, Cercopis melaena, Cercopis oeningensis, Cercopis oswaldheeri, Cercopis oswaldi, Cercopis rectelinea, Cercopis selwyni, Cercopis suffocata

Type specimen: Packard 110(125), a tegmen (greater part of a tegmen). Its type locality is Green River (Packard Collection), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large diatomite/shale in the Green River Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Green River (Packard Collection)

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