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The froghopper family Sinoalidae was previously recognized from the uppermost Middle–lowermost Upper Jurassic Daohugou Biota and coeval strata of northeastern China. Very recently, a froghopper bearing some unique morphological characters from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber was described and placed in this family. Here, a second sinoalid taxon Jiaotouia minuta Chen and Wang, gen. et sp. nov., is described and illustrated from Burmese amber, and a cladistic analysis is also performed to establish its phylogenetic position. The new taxon can be discriminated from all known sinoalids by displaying some unique tegminal characters as follows: Pc+CP extremely long, extending to apical margin and slightly concave at end of longitudinal veins at apical margin, and MP connected to CuA₁ by fusing into a common stalk instead of crossvein mp-cua. Our find further explores the taxonomic diversity and …