Insecta - Hemiptera - Cixiidae

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1890. The Tertiary Insects of North America. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories XIII:1-734

Belongs to Diaplegma according to S. H. Scudder 1890

Sister taxa: Diaplegma haldemani, Diaplegma obdormitum, Diaplegma occultorum, Diaplegma ruinosum, Diaplegma venerabile, Diaplegma veterascens

Type specimen: MCZ 1067, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

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Average measurements (in mm): body length 4.80, tegmen 4.10 x 1.25