†Cryptostemma eocenica Hartung et al. 2017 (true bug)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Dipsocoridae
Full reference: V. Hartung, R. Garrouste, and A. Nel. 2017. The first fossil Dipsocoridae found in the early Eocene amber of France (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Comptes Rendus Palevol 16:715-720
Belongs to Cryptostemma according to V. Hartung et al. 2017
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MNHN.F.A53793, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Oise amber, Le Quesnoy, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in the Argiles d'lignite du Soissonnais Formation of France.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Oise amber, Le Quesnoy
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