†family Vetanthocoridae Yao et al. 2006 (true bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Vetanthocoridae

Alternative spelling: Vetanthocorini

Full reference: Y. Z. Yao, W. Z. Cai, and D. Ren. 2006. Fossil flower bugs (Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha: Cimicoidea) from the Late Jurassic of northeast China, including a new family Vetanthocoridae. Zootaxa 1360:1-40

Parent taxon: Cimicoidea according to K. Yamada and S. Yamamoto 2023

See also Hou et al. 2012, Shcherbakov 2007, Szwedo 2018, Tang et al. 2016 and Yao et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Anthocoridae, Cimicidae, Electrocoris, Lyctocoridae, Plokiophilidae, Taimyrocoridae, Torrirostratidae, Velocipedidae

Subtaxa: Crassicerini Ecpaglocoris Vetanthocorini

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (6 collections), Myanmar (2)

• Jurassic of China (2), Mongolia (1)

Total: 11 collections including 25 occurrences

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