Insecta - Hemiptera - Procercopidae
Full reference: S. Li, C. K. Shih, and D. Ren. 2013. Taxonomic names, in Forever love: the hitherto earliest record of copulating insects from the Middle Jurassic of China. PLoS One 8(11):e78188
Belongs to Anthoscytina according to J. Chen et al. 2020
See also Chen et al. 2015 and Li et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Anthoscytina brevineura, Anthoscytina daica, Anthoscytina daidaleos, Anthoscytina elegans, Anthoscytina hongi, Anthoscytina liugouensis, Anthoscytina longa, Anthoscytina parallelica, Anthoscytina reducta
Type specimen: CNU-HEM-NN2012002, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2012 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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