Tettagalma Menon

Menon, Federica, 2005, New record of Tettigarctidae (Insecta, Hemiptera, Cicadoidea) from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil, Zootaxa 1087, pp. 53-58 : 54

Tettagalma Menon , new genus

Diagnosis. Medium­sized (25 mm forewing length) tettigarctid; prominent costal margin; Rs with three branches; origin of MA branches proximal to nodal line; CuA strongly deflected anteriorly at nodal line; wide marginal membrane; marginal membrane bearing numerous, equidistant striae.

Etymology. Genus­group name formed from a combination of tetti in reference to the family and agalma from the Greek present, gift, as the specimen was donated to the author.

Type locality and horizon. Vicinity of Nova Olinda, Nova Olinda Member, Crato Formation.

Type species. Tettagalma striata Menon new genus and species, by monotypy.