Mesonirvana orthoclada Tillyard 1922 (true bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Dysmorphoptilidae

Alternative combinations: Eoscartoides orthocladus, Mesocixiodes orthoclada, Mesocixoides orthoclada

Full reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1922. Mesozoic Insects of Queensland. No. 9 Orthoptera, and additions to the Protorthoptera, Odonata, Hemiptera and Planipennia. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 47:447-470

Belongs to Mesonirvana according to D. A. Dmitriev 2020

See also Evans 1956, Lambkin 2016, Lambkin 2017, Szwedo and Huang 2019, Tillyard 1922 and Tillyard 1923

Sister taxa: Mesonirvana abrupta, Mesonirvana dmitryi

Type specimen: GSQI318, a tegmen. Its type locality is Denmark Hill Insect Bed (Dunstan 1915-1916 collection), which is in a Norian pond siltstone in the Blackstone Formation of Australia.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Denmark Hill Insect Bed (Dunstan 1915-1916 collection)

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