The research is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 40872015, 41002006, J0930006), Major Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2006CB806400).The research resulted in this paper was also supported by the scientific exchange project of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Polish Academy of Sciences “Palaeobiodiversity of Fulgoromorpha and Cicadomorpha (Insecta: Hemiptera) of Daohugou Biota”, and the Chinese-Polish Scientific and Technological Cooperation project “Fulgoromorpha and Cicadomorpha (Insecta: Hemiptera) of the Daohugou Biota: morphology, classification, evolution”. The paper is a contribution to the research grant “Extinct and extant genus in the palaeontological record of recent families of insects” from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Poland NN 303 2979 37 awarded to JS for the years 2009-2012.