Pustulithoracalis gloriosus, Yao, Yunzhi, Cai, Wanzhi & Ren, Dong, 2006

Yao, Yunzhi, Cai, Wanzhi & Ren, Dong, 2006, Fossil flower bugs (Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha: Cimicoidea) from the Late Jurassic of Northeast China, including a new family, Vetanthocoridae, Zootaxa 1360, pp. 1-40 : 35

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.174659

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5659975

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CD6EA21E-FFFB-1D43-FEC1-5BA5FBC6F8DD

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scientific name

Pustulithoracalis gloriosus
status

sp. nov.

Pustulithoracalis gloriosus sp. nov.

( Figs. 54–57 View FIGURES 54 – 56 View FIGURE 57 )

Description. Head distinctly shorter than pronotum, width subequal to length; antenna longer than head and pronotum combined, second segment about 3.5 times as long as first and 2.3 times as long as third; eyes about 0.6 times as wide as interocular space. Pronotum yellowish brown, 2.25 times as wide as long, anterior margin about 0.4 times as long as posterior, sides distinctly convex, anterior margin feebly concave, posterior margin nearly straight, anterior and posterior angles somewhat rounded. Scutellum small, about half as long as pronotum at midline, 2 times as wide as long; outer margin of clavus, outer part of corium, and basal portion of membrane with pale markings, costal margin of hemelytron feebly convex, median fracture over half as long as corium; clavus wide and large, nearly 4 times as long as wide, nearly 0.5 times of hemelytron in length.

Dimensions (in mm). Head length 0.9, width 0.9; length antennal segments I–V: 0.4, 1.4, 0.6,?; length pronotum 1.2, width 2.7; length scutellum 0.7, width 1.4; length hemelytron 4.5, width 1.6, length anterior margin of corium 3.5, length clavus 2.3, width 0.6; length fore leg: tibia 1.35, tarsus 0.68; length hind leg: femur 2.1, tibia 2.3.

Type materials. Holotype, sex unknown, CNU-HE-LB2006034 (dorsoventrally compressed); paratype, 1 Ψ, CNU-HE- LB2006037 (dorsoventrally compressed).

Locality and horizon. Yixian Formation, Late Jurassic Chaomidian Village, Beipiao City, Liaoning Province, China.

Etymology. The name is derived from the Latin gloriosus (wonderful).

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