†Lethopterus multinervosus Popov 1989 (giant water bug)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Belostomatidae
Full reference: Y. A. Popov. 1989. New fossil Hemiptera (Heteroptera and Coleorrhyncha) from the Mesozoic of Mongolia. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte 1977:166-181
Belongs to Lethopterus according to A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler 1992
See also Popov 1989
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PIN 3559/2899, a tegmen. Its type locality is Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559), which is in an Aptian lacustrine siliciclastic in the Dzun-Bain Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559)
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