†family Primipentatomidae Yao et al. 2013 (true bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Primipentatomidae

Full reference: Y. Z. Yao, W. Z. Cai, D. A. Rider and D. Ren. 2013. Primipentatomidae fam. nov. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha), an extinct insect family from the Cretaceous of north-eastern China. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 11:63-82

Parent taxon: Pentatomoidea according to J. Szwedo 2018

See also Yao et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Acanthosomatidae, Chinchekoala, Cydnidae, Cyrtocoridae, Dinidoridae, Megarididae, Mesopentacoridae, Pentatomidae, Phloeidae, Plataspidae, Probascanionidae, Protocoridae, Scutelleridae, Tessaratomidae, Urostylididae

Subtaxa: Breviscutum Oropentatoma Primipentatoma Quadrocoris

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Type: Primipentatoma

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections including 7 occurrences

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