Insecta - Hemiptera - Zekuformidae

Full reference: R. Dai, M. S. Engel, S. Du, D. Ren, S. Li and Y. Yao. 2025. Rare fossil insect (Zekuforma maculata sp. nov) from the Tibetan plateau unveils adaptive innovations and extinction mechanisms. Communications Biology 8(1754)

Parent taxon: Pentatomoidea according to R. Dai et al. 2025

Sister taxa: Acanthosomatidae, Chinchekoala, Cydnidae, Cyrtocoridae, Dinidoridae, Megarididae, Mesopentacoridae, Pentatomidae, Phloeidae, Plataspidae, Primipentatomidae, Probascanionidae, Protocoridae, Scutelleridae, Tessaratomidae, Urostylididae

Subtaxa: Zekuforma

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Type: Zekuforma

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Caergen Village, Duohemao Town, Zeku County (Miocene of China)

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