†Mezira succinica Usinger 1941 (flat bug)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Aradidae
Full reference: R. L. Usinger. 1941. Two new species of Aradidae from Baltic amber (Hemiptera). Psyche 48:95-100
Belongs to Mezira according to E. Heiss and D. Grimaldi 2001
See also Usinger 1941
Sister taxa: Mezira crassifemur, Mezira eckfeldensis, Mezira eocenica, Mezira parapetrificata, Mezira petrificata, Mezira scheveni
Type specimen: MCZ 4635, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber (MCZ collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic amber (MCZ collection)
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