Mesogereon compressum Tillyard 1921 (true bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Mesogereonidae

Full reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1921. Mesozoic Insects of Queensland. No. 8 Hemiptera Homoptera (contd) The genus Mesogereon; with a discussion of its relationship with the Jurassic Palaeontinidae. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 46:270-284

Belongs to Mesogereon according to J. W. Evans 1956

See also Tillyard 1921 and Tillyard 1923

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

Type specimen: GSQI144, 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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