Mesocimex lini Wang et al. 2009 (true bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Progonocimicidae

Alternative combination: Cicadocoris lini

Full reference: B. Wang, J. Szwedo, and H. C. Zhang. 2009. Jurassic Progonocimicidae (Hemiptera) from China and phylogenetic evolution of Coleorrhyncha. Science in China Series D: Earth Sciences 52:1953-1961

Belongs to Mesocimex according to T. Jiang et al. 2018

See also Dong et al. 2013, Dong et al. 2014, Jiang et al. 2016 and Wang et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Mesocimex parvus, Mesocimex sinensis, Mesocimex varians

Type specimen: NIGP 150276, an exoskeleton (Complete body). Its type locality is Daohugou (NIGP collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Daohugou (NIGP collection)

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