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Taxonomy
Mesolygaeus was named by Ping (1928).
It was assigned to Hemiptera by Ping (1928); to Lygaeidae by Lin (1976) and Lin (1982); to Mesolygaeidae by Hong and Wang (1990), Zhang (1991) and Zhang (1993); to Enicocoridae by Ryzhkova (2012); to Archegocimicidae by Zhang et al. (2013); and to Enicocorinae by Ryzhkova and Coram (2016).
It was assigned to Hemiptera by Ping (1928); to Lygaeidae by Lin (1976) and Lin (1982); to Mesolygaeidae by Hong and Wang (1990), Zhang (1991) and Zhang (1993); to Enicocoridae by Ryzhkova (2012); to Archegocimicidae by Zhang et al. (2013); and to Enicocorinae by Ryzhkova and Coram (2016).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1928 | Mesolygaeus Ping |
| 1976 | Mesolygeus Lin p. 102 |
| 1980 | Sinolygaeus Hong p. 137 |
| 1980 | Enicocoris Popov p. 50 |
| 1981 | Xishania Hong p. 87 |
| 1982 | Mesolygaeus Lin p. 80 |
| 1984 | Jiaodongia Hong p. 32 |
| 1986 | Enicocoris Popov p. 70 |
| 1990 | Mesolygaeus Hong and Wang p. 96 |
| 1990 | Jiaodongia Hong and Wang p. 99 |
| 1991 | Mesolygaeus Zhang |
| 1993 | Mesolygaeus Zhang p. 51 |
| 2012 | Mesolygaeus Ryzhkova p. 487 |
| 2013 | Mesolygaeus Zhang et al. p. 3 |
| 2016 | Mesolygaeus Ryzhkova and Coram p. 200 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Mesolygaeus Ping 1928
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†Mesolygaeus hebeiensis Zhang 1986
†Mesolygaeus laiyangensis Ping 1928
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Invalid names: Enicocoris manlaicus Popov 1980 [synonym], Jiaodongia maershanensis Hong 1984 [synonym], Mesolygaeus rotundocephalus Ping 1928 [synonym], Xishania fusiformis Hong 1981 [synonym], Xishania jiangxiensis Hong 1988 [synonym]
†Mesolygaeus naevius Hong 1980
†Mesolygeus laiyangensis Ping 1928
Invalid names: Enicocoris Popov 1980 [synonym], Jiaodongia Hong 1984 [synonym], Sinolygaeus Hong 1980 [synonym], Xishania Hong 1981 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Late/Upper Hauterivian to the top of the Late/Upper Aptian or 136.40000 to 113.00000 Ma
Collections (48 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Cretaceous | China (Henan) | M. laiyangensis (140935) | |
| Valanginian | China (Shaanxi) | M. laiyangensis (140459 140461 140462) | |
| Late/Upper Hauterivian | China (Hebei) | M. laiyangensis, M. hebeiensis (156324) | |
| Hauterivian | China (Gansu) | M. laiyangensis (140465 140466 140468 140469) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian | China (Liaoning) | M. laiyangensis (111710) M. laiyangensis, M. naevius (111716 124759) M. naevius (145532) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian | China (Nei Mongol) | M. laiyangensis (156009) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian | China (Liaoning) | M. sp. (73687) | |
| Barremian | China (Ningxia) | M. laiyangensis (123447) | |
| Aptian | China (Jiangxi) | Xishania jiangxiensis (156557) | |
| Aptian | Mongolia (Govi-Altai) | Enicocoris manlaicus (122332) | |
| Aptian | China (Shandong) | Jiaodongia maershanensis (156555) M. laiyangensis (106313 124369 125196 144941 154886 154887 154888 154890 154891 154892 154893 154894 154895 154896 154897 154898 154899 156554 156601 161254) M. laiyangensis, M. rotundocephalus (148378) M. rotundocephalus (156603) | |
| Aptian | China (Liaoning) | M. laiyangensis (151525 173109) M. laiyangensis, Sinolygaeus naevius (173108) | |
| Aptian | Mongolia | Enicocoris manlaicus (151593 151594) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | China (Beijing Shi) | Xishania fusiformis (140479 155161) |