Megoniella multinerva Riek 1973 (true bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Pereboriidae

Synonym: Perissovena heidiae Riek 1976

Full reference: E. F. Riek. 1973. Fossil insects from the Upper Permian of Natal, South Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 21(3):513-532

Belongs to Megoniella according to D. E. van Dijk and H. Geertsema 1999

See also Riek 1973, Riek 1976 and Shcherbakov 2022

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Megoniella multinerva: NM 849, a wing (fragment of a wing). Its type locality is Mooi River Locality, which is in a Changhsingian delta plain shale in South Africa.
  • Perissovena heidiae: N-MN 50ab, a hindwing (almost complete hindwing). Its type locality is Mooi River Locality, which is in a Changhsingian delta plain shale in South Africa.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Permian of South Africa (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences

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