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Published: 2006-12-18
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New fossil rhopalids (Heteroptera: Coreoidea) from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China

Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100094, China
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100094, China Key Lab of Insect Evolution & Environmental Changes, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100037, China.
Key Lab of Insect Evolution & Environmental Changes, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100037, China.
Key Lab of Insect Evolution & Environmental Changes, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100037, China.
Heteroptera Coreoidea Rhopalidae fossil Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation Daohugou China

Abstract

Three new genera and three species of fossil rhopalid, Originicorizus pyriformis gen. & sp. nov., Quatlocellus liae gen. & sp. nov., and Grandicaputus bipunctatus gen. & sp. nov., are described and illustrated. They were discovered from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation of Eastern Inner Mongolia, China. The present discovery demonstrates that the early diversification of rhopalids was well underway by the Middle Jurassic.

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