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ABSTRACT
One new species of Membracidae, Stylocentrus hui Wang, Zhang & Yao sp. nov., from the Cenozoic Dominican amber is described and illustrated. Based on current distribution of membracids and fossil records, we consider that Membracidae originated in the Neotropical realm after the Cretaceous–Palaeogene mass extinction, the enlarged and complex pronotum originated no later than the Miocene.
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Acknowledgements
We sincerely thank Mr. Zheng-kun Hu for donating this specimen. We are grateful to the editor and anonymous reviewers for constructive criticism and valuable comments on the manuscript.
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Funding
This work was supported by the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation [2019A1515110610]; grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China [No. 31970436]; the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University [IRT-17R75]; Capacity Building for Sci-Tech Innovation - Fundamental Scientific Research Funds [No. 19530050144]; the Support Project of High-level Teachers in Beijing Municipal Universities in the Period of 13th Five-year Plan [IDHT20180518]; Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation and Beijing Municipal Education Commission [KZ201810028046].