Scytinoptera tongchuanensis Zhang et al. 2021 (true bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Scytinopteridae

Full reference: Q. Q. Zhang, D. R. Zheng, and H. C. Zhang. 2021. Taxonomic names, in New Scytinopteridae (Hemiptera: Scytinopteroidea) from the middle Triassic Tongchuan entomofauna of NW China. Historical Biology 34:2259-2264

Belongs to Scytinoptera according to M. Hakim and Y. Fu 2024

See also Zhang et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Scytinoptera cubitalis, Scytinoptera curta, Scytinoptera distorta, Scytinoptera kaltanica, Scytinoptera kokeni, Scytinoptera kondomensis, Scytinoptera maculata, Scytinoptera maculatoides, Scytinoptera mexicana, Scytinoptera minusculata, Scytinoptera nigrimaculata, Scytinoptera obliquoovata, Scytinoptera picturata, Scytinoptera reducta, Scytinoptera sibirica, Scytinoptera signata, Scytinoptera surijokovica, Scytinoptera tomiensis, Permocixius kazanensis

Type specimen: NIGP177616, a tegmen. Its type locality is Qishuihe outcrop, Hejiafang, Jinsuoguan Town, Tongchuan City, which is in a Longobardian lacustrine mudstone in the Yanchang Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Qishuihe outcrop, Hejiafang, Jinsuoguan Town, Tongchuan City

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