Microscytinella Wootton 1963 (true bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Progonocimicidae

Full reference: R. J. Wootton. 1963. Actinoscytinidae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera) from the Upper Triassic of Queensland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 13 6:249-255

Parent taxon: Progonocimicidae according to Q. P. Dong et al. 2014

See also Popov and Shcherbakov 1991 and Wootton 1963

Sister taxa: Actinoscytina, Asianisca mongolica, Cicadocorinae, Eocercopis, Heterojassus, Hexascytina, Indutionomarus, Pelorisca, Platyscytinella, Popovigocimex, Popovus, Progonocimex, Progonocimicinae, Pseudipsvicia, Triassodoecus, Triscytina, Woottonia, Yurigocimex, Ovicimex, Heteronella

Subtaxa: Microscytinella radians

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Mount Crosby Insect Bed (Tillyard BMNH collection) (Triassic of Australia)

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