New genus of leaf-mimicking katydids (Orthoptera : Tettigoniidae) from the late eocene - Early Oligocene of France and England

Abstract

A new leaf-mimicking katydid (Orthoptera: Tettigomidae: Pseudophyllinae), Archepseudophylla fossilis gen. et sp. nov. is described from Oligocene of France. Lithymnetes laurenti Theobald, 1937 is trasferred to Archepseudophylla comb. nov.

Keywords

• Insecta
• Orthoptera
• Tettigoniidae
• Pseudophyllinae
• Paleogene
• France
• UK
• leaf-mimicry