Mesogereon neuropunctatum Tillyard 1916 (true bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Mesogereonidae

Full reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1916. Descriptions of the fossil Insects; Mesozoic and Tertiary Insects of Queensland and New South Wales. Descriptions of the fossil Insects and stratigraphical features. Queensland Geological Survey (253)11-70

Belongs to Mesogereon according to J. W. Evans 1956

See also Tillyard 1916, Tillyard 1921 and Tillyard 1923

Sister taxa: Mesogereon affine, Mesogereon compressum, Mesogereon shepherdi, Mesogereon superbum

Type specimen: GSQI19, a wing (Fragment). Its type locality is Denmark Hill Insect Bed (Dunstan 1909 collection), which is in a Norian pond siltstone in the Blackstone Formation of Australia.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Denmark Hill Insect Bed (Dunstan 1909 collection)

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