†Megoniella multinerva Riek 1973 (true bug)
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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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