†Mesolygaeus hebeiensis Zhang 1986 (shore bug)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Saldidae
Full reference: J. F. Zhang. 1986. Some fossil insects from the Jurassic of northern Hebei, China. The Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Shandong 74-84
Belongs to Mesolygaeus according to J. F. Zhang 1986
Sister taxa: Mesolygaeus laiyangensis, Mesolygaeus naevius, Mesolygeus laiyangensis
Type specimen: Shandong Museum 80679, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Lahaigou, Luanping County (Shandong Prov. Mus. collection), which is in a Hauterivian lacustrine mudstone in the Dabeigou Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Lahaigou, Luanping County (Shandong Prov. Mus. collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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