Neimenggucossus normalis Wang & Zhang, 2007

Taxonomy

Giant Cicada

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda Latreille 1829
Class: Insecta Linnaeus 1758
Order: Hemiptera Linnaeus 1758
Family: Palaeontinidae Handlirsch, 1906
Genus: Neimenggucossus
Species: Neimenggucossus normalis
Author Citation Wang & Zhang, 2007

Geological Time Scale

Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Jurassic
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Middle
International Age: Callovian to Oxfordian

Stratigraphy

Jiulongshan Formation
Daohugou Bed

Provenance

Acquired by: Purchase/Trade

Location

Daohugou (Village)
Ningcheng (County)
Inner Mongolia (Province)
China

• daohugou
• jiulongshan
• Jurrasic
• Neimenggucossus
• TFF-oilshale-Ar2848

Comments

 

Etymology. The generic name is after Neimenggu (Inner Mongolia) Autonomous Region, where the type quarry is located. Specific epithet is from Latin normalis, normal.

Taxonomy from Fossilworks.org.

Hindwing of Neimenggucossus normalis Wang & Zhang, 2007

Diagnosis for the genus from Wang et al., p. 98: 'Hindwing oval, anterior margin straight for distal part, length/width ratio about 1.40; costal area wide, length/width ratio 3.8, maximal width at middle of wing; nodal indentation at basal 0.38 wing length; branch RP fused with vein M1 for a considerable interval, and terminating near apex; stem M bifurcating into veins M1+2 and M3+4 at wing base; branches M1 and M2 straight for distal half; branch M3+4 divided from stem M basally, close to vein CuA at one point, and then bifurcating at the same level of vein RP fused with vein M1; veins CuP and Pcu simple; vein A1 absent.'

Line drawing from Wang et al., p. 99:

References: 
WANG, B., ZHANG, H. & FANG, Y. (2007) Middle Jurassic Palaeontinidae (Insecta, Hemiptera) from Daohugou of China. ALAVESIA, 1: 89-104.