The first Archijassidae from the Middle Triassic of China (Hemiptera, Cicadomorpha, Membracoidea)

Abstract

Eocicadellium grimaldii gen. et sp. nov., the oldest representative and first Triassic member of the subfamily Karajassinae Shcherbakov, 1992, is described on the basis of six forewings from the Middle-Upper Triassic Yanchang Formation of northern China, widening the duration and biogeographic distribution of this extinct subfamily. The new data represents the first known definite record of Karajassinae in China, and further explores the palaeodiversity of Triassic archijassids.