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First record of a fossil spittlebug (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Aphrophoridae) in Miocene deposits in Bulgaria


Radost Angelova https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8141-8366; Ilia Gjonov https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4239-9756; Vladimir Bozukov; Nikolay Simov https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1626-2964

3 February 2025 · volume 47 · (issue 2) · pp. 33–38 · PDF [full text]

Abstract: The first fossil record of a spittlebug affiliated to Aphrophora Germar, 1821 (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea: Aphrophoridae) is reported from Bulgaria (Western Rhodopes, Satovcha Graben). The fossil from Middle Miocene deposits represents the first recorded evidence of fossil Auchenorrhyncha in Bulgaria. A forewing illustration of the new finding and review of known fossils of Aphrophora are provided.

Keywords: Aphrophora, Bulgaria, Cercopoidea, fossil, Miocene, Rhodopes

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Angelova R., Gjonov I., Bozukov V., Simov N. 2025 First record of a fossil spittlebug (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Aphrophoridae) in Miocene deposits in Bulgaria. Historia naturalis bulgarica 47: 33–38.

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