Abstract
Th e extinct genus and species of planthopper family Neazoniidae, Akmazeina santonorum n. gen., n. sp., are described. Th is is the fi rst record of the family in the Lower Cretaceous French amber of Archingeay. Th e new genus diff ers from Neazonia Szwedo, 2007 in subtriangular vertex, wider trigons; sensory pits only in upper portion of frons, fused submedian carinae, diverging only in upper portion of frons, slightly elevated disc of pronotum, delimited by semicircular carinae, hind tibia with distinct, knee lateral tooth. Th e phylogenetic relationships of Neazoniidae and some other planthoppers families as well as their ecological affi nities are discussed.
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