Mesolygaeus laiyangensis Ping 1928 (shore bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Saldidae

Synonyms: Enicocoris manlaicus Popov 1980, Jiaodongia maershanensis Hong 1984, Mesolygaeus rotundocephalus Ping 1928, Xishania fusiformis Hong 1981, Xishania jiangxiensis Hong 1988

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

Belongs to Mesolygaeus according to W. Zhang et al. 2013

See also Hong 1976, Hong 1981, Hong 1984, Hong 1984, Hong 1988, Hong 1995, Hong 1995, Hong and Wang 1990, Huang et al. 2012, Lin 1982, Lin 1982, Ping 1928, Popov 1980, Ryzhkova 2012, Wang 1980, Zhang 1986, Zhang 1991 and Zhang 1993

Sister taxa: Mesolygaeus hebeiensis, Mesolygaeus naevius, Mesolygeus laiyangensis

Type specimens:

  • Mesolygaeus laiyangensis: Its type locality is Locality Ho 228, west of Tuanwang, Laiyang County, which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large shale in the Laiyang Formation of China
  • Enicocoris manlaicus: PIN 3568/1926, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Manlay, outcrop II/37 (PIN collection 3568), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large siliciclastic in the Mogotuin Formation of Mongolia.
  • Jiaodongia maershanensis: Shl1001, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Maershan, Laiyang (Tianjin Institute Collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Laiyang Formation of China.
  • Mesolygaeus rotundocephalus: Cat. No. 2152, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Locality 227, Shi-chia-pei-tze, Laiyang, which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large shale in the Laiyang Formation of China.
  • Xishania fusiformis: Tianjin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources Pl 1001, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Lushangfen, Fangshan District (Tianjin collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine mudstone in the Lushangfen Formation of China.
  • Xishania jiangxiensis: Beijing Museum of Natural HistoryJx07, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Gexi, Yiyang County, which is in an Aptian lacustrine mudstone in the Lengshuiwu Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (43 collections), Mongolia (3)

Total: 46 collections including 47 occurrences

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