Insecta - Hemiptera - Scytinopteridae
Synonyms: Mesoscytina affinis Tillyard 1919, Triassocarta subcostalis Tillyard 1919, Triassoscarta subcostalis Tillyard 1919
Full reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1919. Mesozoic Insects of Queensland. No. 7 Hemiptera Homoptera; with a note on the phylogeny of the suborder. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 44:857-896
Belongs to Mesoscytina according to K. J. Lambkin 2016
See also Evans 1956, Tillyard 1919 and Tillyard 1923
Sister taxa: Mesoscytina fistulae, Mesoscytina forsterae, Mesoscytina magna, Mesoscytina woodsi
Type specimens:
- Mesoscytina australis: GSQI112, a tegmen (Complete). 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.
- Mesoscytina affinis: GSQI235, a tegmen (two thirds of tegmen). 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.
- Triassoscarta subcostalis: GSQI116a, a tegmen. 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:
• Triassic of Australia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections including 4 occurrences
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