New Cicadomorpha from the Triassic of China raise questions on the systematics of Archijassidae
The fossil record of Cicadomorpha is fragmentary, and mostly based on isolated tegmina. Here, we describe and illustrate a new genus and species, Triasalus chromatus gen. et sp. nov., from the Middle–Upper Triassic Yanchang Formation of Tongchuan City, northern China. The new specimen exhibits features similar to those of the two early cicadomorphan families, Hylicellidae and Archijassidae, preventing a secure assignment to either group. The classification history of Hylicellidae and Archijassidae is reviewed and the morphological characters currently used to distinguish the two families are discussed.
Authors
- Diying Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5637-4867)
- Yanzhe Fu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7819-1703)
- André Nel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4241-7651)
- DOLEV FABRIKANT (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4388-4026)
Institutions
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- École Pratique des Hautes Études (FR)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (FR)
- Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology (CN)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Insect Biodiversity
- Published
- 2024-12-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.12976/jib/2024.60.1.11
- Primary Topic
- Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Government of Jiangsu Province
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province