Cativolcus prokopi Vernoux et al. 2010 (plant bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Miridae

Alternative combination: Isometopsallops prokopi

Full reference: J. Vernoux, R. Garrouste, and A. Nel. 2010. The first psallopinous bug from Lowermost Eocene French amber (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae). Zootaxa 2499:63-68

Belongs to Cativolcus according to J. Szwedo 2024

See also Vernoux et al. 2010

Sister taxon: Cativolcus uebruum

Type specimen: MNHN A 30851, 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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