Abstract
Three species of Cicadellidae from Dominican amber— Krisna garciamarquezi , new species (Krisnini), Krocarites reflexa , new genus, new species (Nirvanini), and Jassoqualus hispaniolensis , new species (Nirvanini)—are described and illustrated, and represent the first known fossil representatives of these two tribes. Nirvanini and Krisnini are not known to occur presently on Hispaniola. Descriptive notes are given for fossil species in the subfamilies Agalliinae, Cicadellinae, Typhlocybinae, and Xestocephalinae. Comparison of fossil leafhoppers from the Tertiary period to those known from the Cretaceous suggests that much subfamily-through genus-level diversification occurred between the late Cretaceous and middle Tertiary, and that modern genera existed as early as 55 million years ago.
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