''Protepiptera'' is a genus of fossil
planthopper
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 ...
s belonging to the family
Achilidae.
The species of this genus are found as
inclusions in amber on the coasts of southern
Baltic Sea.
Species
Species:
*''
Protepiptera kaweckii''
*''
Protepiptera reticulata''
References
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Prehistoric insects of Europe
Achilidae
Hemiptera genera