Mesolygaeus Ping 1928 (shore bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Saldidae

Alternative spelling: Mesolygeus

Synonyms: Enicocoris Popov 1980, Jiaodongia Hong 1984, Sinolygaeus Hong 1980, Xishania Hong 1981

Full reference: C. Ping. 1928. Study of the Cretaceous fossil insects of China. Palaeontologia Sinica, Series B 13:5-57

Parent taxon: Enicocorinae according to O. V. Ryzhkova and R. A. Coram 2016

See also Hong 1981, Hong 1984, Hong and Wang 1990, Lin 1976, Lin 1982, Ping 1928, Popov 1980, Popov 1986, Ryzhkova 2012, Zhang 1991, Zhang 1993 and Zhang et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Baissotea, Mongolocoris, Propritergum, Ulanocoris

Subtaxa: Mesolygaeus hebeiensis Mesolygaeus laiyangensis Mesolygaeus naevius Mesolygeus laiyangensis

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (45 collections), Mongolia (3)

Total: 48 collections including 53 occurrences

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