†Prosthoblissus primigenius Boderau et al. 2025 (true bug)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Blissidae
Full reference: M. Boderau, A. Nel, and M. S. Engel. 2025. The earliest chinch bug (Hemiptera, Blissidae): a new genus from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber. Zoosystema 47:133-138
Belongs to Prosthoblissus according to M. Boderau et al. 2025
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH JZC-Bu186, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection)
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