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Xestocephalites balticus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8703918https://www.gbif.org/species/8703918
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)288981https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=288981
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Cicadellidae : Xestocephalites : Xestocephalites balticus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Cicadellidae : Xestocephalites : Xestocephalites balticus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)doubtful
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
-CercofilataKukalová-Peck 1987
classInsectaLinnaeus 1758
-Dicondylia
-ParanotaliaSroka et al. 2014
subclassPterygotaBrauer 1885
-NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
-ClareocercariaProkop et al. 2017
-Acercaria
superorderPancondylognathaYoshizawa and Leinhard 2016
-CondylognathaBörner 1904
orderHemipteraLinnaeus 1758
suborderAuchenorrhyncha
infraorderCicadomorphaEvans 1946
superfamilyMembracoideaRafinesque 1815
familyCicadellidaeLatreille 1825
subfamilyAphrodinaeHaupt 1927
tribeXestocephalini
genusXestocephalitesDietrich and Gonçalves 2014
speciesXestocephalites balticusDietrich & Gonçalves 2014
Generic NameXestocephalites
Scientific NameXestocephalites balticus Dietrich & Gonçalves, 2014
Name Published InDietrich, Christopher H. & Ana C. Gonçalves. 2014. New Baltic amber leafhoppers representing the oldest Aphrodinae and Megophthalminae (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae). European Journal of Taxonomy(74): 1-13.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Xestocephalites balticusspeciesbelongs to Xestocephalitesstated with evidenceDietrich and Gonçalves, 2014
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Last Recorded Appearance38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)C. H. Dietrich and A. C. Gonçalves. 2014. New Baltic amber leafhoppers representing the oldest Aphrodinae and Megophthalminae (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 74:1-13

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2014Xestocephalites balticus Dietrich and Gonçalves p. 6 figs. 1C,D 2G-I

References

Dietrich C. H., Gonçalves A. C. (2014) New Baltic amber leafhoppers representing the oldest Aphrodinae and Megophthalminae (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 74, 1-13
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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