Mimarachnidae is an extinct family of

planthoppers A planthopper is any insect in the infraorder Fulgoromorpha, in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha, a group exceeding 12,500 described species worldwide. The name comes from their remarkable resemblance to leaves and other plants of their environment ...

known from the

Cretaceous The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of th ...

period. Their name is derived from spots on the wings of the first described genera, ''Mimarachne'' and ''Saltissus'', being suggestive of spider

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, but these characters are not distinctive for the family as a whole. The family is characterised by "simplified venation and setigerous metatibial pecten and hind leg armature". as well as "rounded anterior margin of pronotum, double carination of pronotum and mesonotum"

Genera

* †'' Ayaimatum'' Jiang & Szwedo in Jiang et al., 2020 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian ** †''Ayaimatum trilobatum'' Jiang & Szwedo in Jiang et al., 2020 **†''Ayaimatum minutum'' Fu & Huang, 2021 * †'' Burmissus'' Shcherbakov, 2017 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian ** †''Burmissus raunoi'' Shcherbakov, 2017 ** †''Burmissus szwedoi'' Luo et al., 2020 ** †''Burmissus'' ''latimaculatus'' Fu & Huang, 2020 * †'' Chalicoridulum'' Szwedo & Ansorge, 2015

La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation The La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation is an Early Cretaceous ( late Berriasian to early Barremian geologic formation in Catalonia, Spain. The formation crops out in the area of the Montsec in the Organyà Basin. At the La Pedrera de Meià localit ...

, Spain,

Barremian The Barremian is an age in the geologic timescale (or a chronostratigraphic stage) between 129.4 ± 1.5 Ma (million years ago) and 121.4 ± 1.0 Ma). It is a subdivision of the Early Cretaceous Epoch (or Lower Cretaceous Series). It is preceded ...

** †''Chalicoridulum montsecensis'' Szwedo & Ansorge, 2015 * †'' Cretodorus'' Fu & Huang, 2020 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian ** †''Cretodorus granulatus'' Fu & Huang, 2020 ** †''Cretodorus angustus'' Fu & Huang, 2020 **†''Cretodorus rostellatus'' Zhang et al., 2021 * †'' Dachibangus'' Jiang et al., 2018 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian ** †''Dachibangus formosus'' Fu et al., 2019 **†''Dachibangus hui'' Zhang, Yao & Pang, 2021 ** †''Dachibangus trimaculatus'' Jiang et al., 2018 * †'' Jaculistilus'' Zhang et al., 2018 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian ** †''Jaculistilus oligotrichus'' Zhang et al., 2018 * †'' Mimamontsecia'' Szwedo & Ansorge, 2015 La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation, Spain, Barremian ** †''Mimamontsecia cretacea'' Szwedo & Ansorge, 2015 * †'' Mimaplax'' Jiang et al., 2019 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian ** †''Mimaplax ekrypsan'' Jiang et al., 2019 *†'' Mimaeurypterus'' Fu & Huang, 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian **†''Mimaeurypterus burmiticus'' Fu & Huang, 2021 * †'' Mimarachne'' Shcherbakov, 2007 Zaza Formation, Russia, Aptian ** †''Mimarachne mikhailovi'' Shcherbakov, 2007 * †'' Multistria'' Zhang, Yao & Pang, 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian ** †''Multistria orthotropa'' Zhang, Yao & Pang, 2021 * †'' Nipponoridium'' Szwedo, 2008 Kuwajima Formation, Japan, Lower Cretaceous ** †''Nipponoridium matsuoi'' Fujiyama, 1978 (Formerly '' Fulgoridium'') * †'' Saltissus'' Shcherbakov, 2007 ** †''Saltissus eskovi'' Shcherbakov, 2007 Zaza Formation, Russia, Aptian **†''Saltissus fennahi'' Luo, Liu & Jarzembowski, 2021

Weald Clay Weald Clay or the Weald Clay Formation is a Lower Cretaceous sedimentary rock unit underlying areas of South East England, between the North and South Downs, in an area called the Weald Basin. It is the uppermost unit of the Wealden Group of ro ...

, England, Barremian Undescribed specimens are known from the Early Cretaceous Turga and Khetana localities of Russia, the Barremian-Aptian Khurilt locality of Mongolia, and the Turonian Kzyl-Zhar locality of Kazakhstan.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q21351285 Fulgoromorpha Prehistoric insect families