†Alumeda nigricans Popov 1989 (thread-legged bug)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Reduviidae
Full reference: Y. A. Popov. 1989. Alumeda n.g., a new bug genus erected for three fossil species from Dominican Amber (Heteroptera: Reduviidae, Emesinae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 150:1-14
Belongs to Alumeda according to Y. A. Popov 1989
Sister taxa: Alumeda antilliana, Alumeda dominicana, Alumeda solorzanokraemerae
Type specimen: SMNS Do-3319-E, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (SMNS coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (SMNS coll)
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