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Issue: Vol. 1269 No. 1: 24 Jul. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-07-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1269.1.5
Page range: 57–68
Abstract views: 22
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The first discovery of fossil rhopalids (Heteroptera: Coreoidea) 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
Heteroptera Coreoidea Rhopalidae fossil Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation

Abstract

Two new genera and two new species of fossil rhopalid, Miracorizus punctatus gen. & sp. nov. and Longiclavula calvata gen. & sp. nov., are described and illustrated. They were collected from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation of Inner Mongolia, China. This is the earliest fossil record of the family Rhopalidae in the world.

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