Mesocimex sinensis Hong 1983 (true bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Progonocimicidae

Alternative combinations: Cicadocoris sinensis, Mesoscytina sinensis

Full reference: Y. C. Hong. 1983. Middle Jurassic Fossil Insects in North China 1-223

Belongs to Mesocimex according to T. Jiang et al. 2018

See also Dong et al. 2013, Dong et al. 2014, Hong 1983, Jiang et al. 2016, Popov and Shcherbakov 1991 and Wang et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Mesocimex lini, Mesocimex parvus, Mesocimex varians

Type specimen: Its type locality is Yujiagou, collection Lby/y3, Beipiao City, which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian terrestrial mudstone in the Haifanggou Formation of China

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Jurassic of China (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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