Archijassidae is an extinct family of leafhoppers known from the Late Triassic to the early Late Cretaceous. It is the oldest member of Membracoidea, and is considered ancestral to modern leafhoppers and treehoppers.

Archijassidae
Temporal range: Norian–Cenomanian
Mesojassus ipsviciensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Superfamily: Membracoidea
Family: Archijassidae
Becker-Migdisova 1962
Subfamilies and genera

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Taxonomy

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Shcherbakov 2012 divided the family into 3 subfamilies, Shcherbakov considered the subfamily Dellasharinae to be ancestral to modern treehoppers and leafhoppers.[1]

  • Formosixinia Chen and Wang 2019[2] Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
    • Formosixinia aeterna Chen and Wang 2019
  • †subfamily Archijassinae Becker-Migdisova 1962
    • Archijassus Handlirsch 1906
      • Archijassus heeri Geinitz 1880 Green Series, Germany, Toarcian
      • Archijassus minimus Martynov 1926 Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Callovian
      • Archijassus minutus Heer 1865 Insektenmergel Formation, Switzerland, Hettangian
      • Archijassus morio Heer 1865 Insektenmergel Formation, Switzerland, Hettangian
      • Archijassus plurinervis Zhang 1985 Laiyang Formation, China, Aptian
      • Cixiella reducta Becker-Migdisova 1962 Dzhil Formation, Kyrgyzstan, Sinemurian
      • Mesocicada verrucosa Becker-Migdisova 1962 Dzhil Formation, Kyrgyzstan, Sinemurian
    • Ardela Ansorge 1996 Green Series, Germany, Toarcian
      • Ardela grimmenensis Ansorge 1996
    • Mesojassus Tillyard 1916 (= Triassojassus Tillyard, 1919, = Triassocotis Evans, 1956, = Hylicellites Becker-Migdisova, 1962)[3] Blackstone Formation, Australia, Norian
      • Mesojassus ipsviciensis Tillyard, 1916 (= Triassojassus proavitus Tillyard, 1919, = Triassocotis stricta Evans, 1961)
      • Mesojassus australis (Evans, 1956) (= Triassocotis amplicata Evans, 1961 = Hylicellites reducta (Evans, 1956))
    • Mesoledra Evans 1956 Green Series, Germany, Toarcian
      • Mesoledra pachyneura Handlirsch 1939
    • Karamayojassus Badaowan Formation, China, Early Jurassic (Sinemurian)
  • †subfamily Dellasharinae Shcherbakov 2012
  • †subfamily Karajassinae Shcherbakov 1992
    • Cicadellium Westwood 1854
      • Cicadellium dipsas Westwood 1854 Durlston Formation, United Kingdom, Berriasian
      • Cicadellium pulcher Brodie 1845 Lulworth Formation, United Kingdom, Berriasian
    • Karajassus Martynov 1926 Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Callovian
      • Karajassus crassinervis Martynov 1926
    • Kemobius Shcherbakov 2012 Itat Formation, Russia, Bathonian
      • Kemobius lux Shcherbakov 2012
    • Kisa Shcherbakov 2012 Itat Formation, Russia, Bathonian
      • Kisa fasciata Shcherbakov 2012
    • Kubecola Shcherbakov 2012 Itat Formation, Russia, Bathonian
      • Kubecola guttatus Shcherbakov 2012
    • Purbecellus Shcherbakov 2012 Durlston Formation, United Kingdom, Berriasian
      • Purbecellus psocus (Westwood 1854)

References

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  1. ^ D. E. Shcherbakov. 2012. More on Mesozoic Membracoidea (Homoptera). Russian Entomological Journal 21:15-22
  2. ^ Chen, Jun; Wang, Bo; Zheng, Yan; Jiang, Hui; Jiang, Tian; Wang, Xiaoli; Zhang, Haichun (February 2020). "The youngest record of the leafhopper family Archijassidae in Kachin amber from the lowermost Upper Cretaceous of northern Myanmar (Cicadomorpha, Cicadelloidea)". Cretaceous Research. 106: 104252. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104252. S2CID 204256956.
  3. ^ Lambkin, Kevin J. (2020-01-07). "Revision of Mesojassus Tillyard, 1916, from the Late Triassic of Queensland (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Membracoidea: Archijassidae)". Zootaxa. 4718 (3): 413–422. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4718.3.9. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 32230033. S2CID 213692312.