Dunstaniopsis triassica Tillyard 1918 (true bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Dunstaniidae

Alternative combination: Dunstania triassica

Full reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1918. Mesozoic Insects of Queensland. No. 4 Hemiptera Heteroptera: The family Dunstaniidae. With a note on the origin of the Heteroptera. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 43:568-592

Belongs to Dunstaniopsis according to R. J. Tillyard 1918

See also Hamilton 1992 and Tillyard 1923

Sister taxa: Dunstania petrophila, Dunstania pulchra

Type specimen: GSQI107, a forewing. Its type locality is Denmark Hill Insect Bed (Dunstan 1915-1916 collection), which is in a Norian pond siltstone in the Blackstone Formation of Australia.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Denmark Hill Insect Bed (Dunstan 1915-1916 collection)

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