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Issue: Vol. 1442 No. 1: 5 Apr. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-04-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1442.1.3
Page range: 37–41
Abstract views: 31
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The oldest known fossil plant bug (Hemiptera: Miridae), from 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
Hemiptera Heteroptera Miridae fossil Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation

Abstract

Mirivena robusta gen. & sp. nov., a fossil plant bug, is described from the Jiulongshan Formation (Middle Jurassic) in Daohugou Village, Shantou Town, Ningcheng County, Inner Mongolia, China. The remarkable features of the new species are the large body size and the R vein reaching the anterior margin of the fore wing. This mirid represents the oldest fossil plant bug so far known.

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