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January 1, 1983Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) GeologyOpen Access

A survey of Recent and fossil Cicadas (Insecta, Hemiptera-Homoptera) in Britain

Paul Ernest Sutton Whalley

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The current status and origin of the single extant British cicada, Cicadetta montana Scopoli, are discussed. An account of cicadas from the Tertiary and Mesozoic of Britain is given with an analysis of the taxonomy and morphology of the Mesozoic species. The family Cicadidae is recorded from the Mesozoic for the first time.

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