Metoisops intergerivus Herczek and Popov 2014 (plant bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Miridae

Full reference: A. Herczek and Y. A. Popov. 2014. Revision of the genus Metoisops (Hemiptera: Heteroptera, Miridae, Isometopinae) from late Eocene European amber. Zootaxa 3887:401-421

Belongs to Metoisops according to A. Herczek and Y. A. Popov 2014

Sister taxa: Metoisops akingbohungbei, Metoisops consimilis, Metoisops grabenhorsti, Metoisops groehni, Metoisops kerzhneri, Metoisops michalskii, Metoisops popovi, Metoisops punctatodiffusus, Metoisops punctatus, Metoisops variabilis

Type specimen: GPIH Groehn 2291, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, GPIH collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, GPIH collection

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