Insecta - Hemiptera - Cercopidae

Belongs to Cercopis according to Scudder 1879

Sister taxa: Cercopis astricta, Cercopis cephalinus, Cercopis charpentieri, Cercopis fasciata, Cercopis gigantea, Cercopis lanceolata, Cercopis longicollis, Cercopis oeningensis, Cercopis pallida, Cercopis rectelinea, Cercopis suffocata, Cercopis ungeri

Type specimen: GSC 64(65), a tegmen (pair of tegmen and crushed body). Its type locality is Whipsaw Creek, which is in a Ypresian/Lutetian lacustrine mudstone in the Allenby Formation of Canada.

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Average measurements (in mm): wing 16.5 x 5.0