Carcinonepa Haug et al. 2026 (toad bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Gelastocoridae

Full reference: C. Haug, F. I. Haug, M. K. Hörnig, F. Braig, and J. T. Haug. 2026. A true bug with a true but unique chela in 100 million-year-old amber. Insects 17(431)

Parent taxon: Gelastocoridae according to C. Haug et al. 2026

Sister taxa: Gelastocorinae, Nerthrinae

Subtaxa: Carcinonepa libererrantes

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Type: Carcinonepa libererrantes

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität PED collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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