Sanmai (cicada)

Sanmai Temporal range: Aalenian-Bajocian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Sanmai kongi holotype from the Jurassic of China
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Family:	Tettigarctidae
Genus:	†Sanmai Chen et al., 2016
Species
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Sanmai is an extinct genus of tettigarctid cicada from the middle Jurassic Epoch. The name is derived from the Mandarin san (three) and mai (branch) in reference to a certain vein of the wing being three-branched. This feature is also found in Architettix, a related fossil cicada genus. Sanmai currently contains three species. It undoubtedly belong to the subfamily Cicadoprosbolinae; however, placing it in a tribe has proved difficult. It is closely related to both Turutanoviini and Architettigini, and may be a transitional between the two. It is also possible it rests outside the two taxa, the similarities being convergent. Sanmai possesses "light and irregular speckles and lon-gitudinal stripes boldly contrasting to dark membrane, " which were likely designed to camouflage it from the many insectivourus creatures of the Daohugou Lagerstatte. The Daohugou Paleolake is part of the Jiulongshan Formation.^[1]

Species

The following species are attributed to this genus:

Species	Notes	Image	Ref.
†Sanmai kongi	Named for the family name of Confucius, founder of Confucianism	Sanmai kongi paratype STMN48-1801	[1]
†Sanmai mengi	Named for the family name of Mencius, a Sage of Confucianism.		[1]
†Sanmai xuni	Named for the family name of Xuncius, a Sage of Confucianism		[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q56320497 entry

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