Stonymetopus megus gen. et sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha), the first Fulgoridiidae genus from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber

A new genus and species of planthopper, Stonymetopus megus gen. et sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridiidae) is described as the first Fulgoridiidae from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, a family previously only known Jurassic. The has relatively large size with pointed head obelliptic eyes (in lateral view). Its short metatibia are not apically dilated, metatarsomere exhibits five to six teeth bearing sarcosetae between two longer ones, while second seems toothless but blunt ventroapical extension. Tegmina coleopterous-like long subparallel main veins. mature, post-parasitic dryinid larva (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae) adjacent fossil planthopper ethology these parasites briefly discussed.