†Megaoptocoris punctatus Zhou et al. 2022 (true bug)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Yuripopovinidae
Full reference: Y. Y. Zhou, J. Y. Luo, Q. Xie and Z. Q. Liu. 2022. A new fossil genus and species of Coreoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 135(105211)
Belongs to Megaoptocoris according to Y. Y. Zhou et al. 2022
Sister taxon: Megaoptocoris similis
Type specimen: SYS-XLAB-MMR-HET-20018, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber (SYSU collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (SYSU collection)
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