Mesocimex parvus Jiang and Huang 2017 (true bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Progonocimicidae

Alternative combination: Cicadocoris parvus

Full reference: J. Q. Jiang and D. Y. Huang. 2017. New species of Cicadocoris (Hemiptera: Coleorrhyncha: Progonocimicidae) from mid-Jurassic deposits in northeastern China. European Journal of Entomology 114:355-364

Belongs to Mesocimex according to T. Jiang et al. 2018

See also Jiang and Huang 2017

Sister taxa: Mesocimex lini, Mesocimex sinensis, Mesocimex varians

Type specimen: NIGP 165304, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou, Xiayingzi outcrop (NIGP collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Jurassic of China (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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