Monstrocoreus quadrimaculatus Popov 1968 (broad-headed bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Alydidae

Full reference: Y. A. Popov. 1968. Nastoyashchiye Poluzhestkokryliye Yurskoy Fauny Karatau (Heteroptera) [True Heteropteran Jurassic Fauna of Karatau (Heteroptera)]. Yurskoy Nasekomiye Karatau [Jurassic Insects of Karatau] 99-113

Belongs to Monstrocoreus according to P. Štys and P. Říha 1977

See also Popov 1968

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN 2066/3820, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2066), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Kazakhstan (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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