Insecta - Hemiptera - Aradidae
Full reference: E. Heiss, T. Wappler, and S. Wedmann. 2015. Taxonomic names, in New flatbug (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae) records from the Middle Eocene Messel Maar, Germany. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 89:653-660
Belongs to Mezira according to E. Heiss et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Mezira crassifemur, Mezira eckfeldensis, Mezira eocenica, Mezira petrificata, Mezira scheveni, Mezira succinica
Type specimen: FIS MeI 12908, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Grube Messel grid square E8/9, 1.5-2.5 m above alpha marker, which is in a MP 11 crater lake claystone in the Messel Formation of Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Grube Messel grid square E8/9, 1.5-2.5 m above alpha marker
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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