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Photo#169787
Fossil Auchenorrhyncha 06 SRIC

Fossil Auchenorrhyncha 06 SRIC
Klondike Mountain Formation, 49 milliion years old, Ferry County, Washington, USA
Size: 18mm long
Many of the Hemipterans from the fossil site are much larger then those found in the Republic area now. while this is generally considered normal for this period in time (late Ypresian, ~49million years ago, being he warmest point in the cenozoic) The forest paleoenviroment as equated as the predecessor of the modern northeast Hardwood forests and had a similer annuall temp. though there porbobly wernt more then a couple at most freezing days a year.

Note this seems to be teh same species as

The environment which this specimen lived in was upland subtropical/temperate, think E Asia and NE USA combined, subtropical mixed broadleaf forest with a strong coniferous segment.

Images of this individual: tag all
Fossil Auchenorrhyncha 06 SRIC Fossil Auchenorrhyncha 5 SRIC

Cercopidae
You can see quite clearly the "false SC vein" (a ventral flange at the base of the wing, which is characteristic of spittle bugs) since this is the underside of the specimen.

It is unusual to have the head preserved as well as the wings.

While the linked image is not of the same specimen, it is evidently from the same species and strata level.

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