Deraeocoris gorczycai Kim et al. 2023 (plant bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Miridae

Full reference: J. Kim, A. Taszakowski, and S. Jung. 2023. A new genus and two new species of fossil deraeocorine plant bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) from Eocene Baltic amber. Zootaxa 5382:170-178

Belongs to Deraeocoris according to J. Kim et al. 2023

Sister taxon: Deraeocoris balticus

Type specimen: CNUHHMF007, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (Chungnam National University CNU collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (Chungnam National University CNU collection)

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