Schizopteryx lacustris Zhang 1991 (shore bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Archegocimicidae

Full reference: J. F. Zhang. 1991. Going further into late Mesozoic Mesolygaeids (Heteroptera, Insecta). Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 30:679-704

Belongs to Schizopteryx according to J. F. Zhang 1991

Sister taxon: Schizopteryx shandongensis

Type specimen: Shandong Provincial Museum L88255, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Nanligezhuang, Tuanwang Town, Laiyang City (Shandong Prov. Mus.), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large shale in the Laiyang Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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