Popovus pygmaeus Popov 1986

Insecta - Hemiptera - Progonocimicidae

Alternative combination: Progonus pygmaeus

Synonyms: Popovus similis Popov 1986, Progonus similis Popov 1986

Full reference: Y. Popov. 1986. Peloridiina (= Coleorrhyncha) and Cimicina (= Heteroptera), in Nasekomye v rannemelovykh ekosistemakh zapadnoy Mongolii. The Joint Soviet-Mongolian Palaeontological Expedition 28:50-83

Belongs to Popovus according to Q. P. Dong et al. 2014

See also Ă–zdikmen and Demir 2007, Popov 1986 and Popov and Shcherbakov 1991

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Popovus pygmaeus: PIN 3152/4223, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Myangad locality, Section 221/17, which is in an Aptian lacustrine mudstone in the Gurvan-Eren Formation of Mongolia.
  • Progonus similis: PIN 3152/4333, a wing. Its type locality is Myangad locality, Section 221/17, which is in an Aptian lacustrine mudstone in the Gurvan-Eren Formation of Mongolia.

Distribution: found only at Myangad locality, Section 221/17

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