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September 5, 2025Open Access

An extraordinary ‘nogodinid’ planthopper (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) from the earliest Eocene Fur Fm. of Denmark

Key Points

This finding reveals a previously unknown species of nogodinid planthopper from the early Eocene.
In total, about 100 insect species have now been documented from the Fur Formation, showcasing diverse life forms.
Fossils from the Ypresian Fur Formation provide critical insight into the evolution of hemipteran insects from that period.
The study emphasizes the significance of Auchenorrhyncha as a major component of Eocene fossil assemblages.

Abstract

The Ypresian Fur Formation in northwestern Denmark is one of the most famous and important sources of insect fossils from the early Eocene (ca. 55–54 Ma, Pedersen et al., 2012; Madsen pers. unpublished obs.) only six species have been formally described to date. Of these the most recently described species, Archerythrogonia furensis Dietrich & Perkovsky, 2023 belongs to the infraorder Cicadomorpha (Dietrich & Perkovsky, 2023). The remaining five species all belong to the infraorder Fulgoromorpha (Szwedo et al., 2004).

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