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First record of a fossil spittlebug (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Aphrophoridae) in Miocene deposits in Bulgaria

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: The first fossil record of a spittlebug affiliated to Aphrophora Germar, 1821 (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea: Aphrophoridae) is reported from Bulgaria (Western Rhodopes, Satovcha Graben). The fossil from Middle Miocene deposits represents the first recorded evidence of fossil Auchenorrhyncha in Bulgaria. A forewing illustration of the new finding and review of known fossils of Aphrophora are provided.

Source: Historia naturalis bulgarica

DOI: 10.48027/hnb.47.022

Authors: Radost Angelova, Ilia Gjonov, Vladimir Bozukov, Nikolay Simov

Institutions: Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, National Museum of Natural History

Language: English

Topic: Fossil Insects in Amber

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4407112143

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