Pustulithoracalis, 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

Pustulithoracalis gen. nov.

Type species. Pustulithoracalis gloriosus sp. nov.

Diagnosis. Dorsal surface of body densely punctate. Anteocular portion longer than postocular; eyes relatively small, narrower than interocular space, round; antenna 4- segmented, nearly of same thickness, longer than head and pronotum combined, first segment shortest, second longest; rostrum porrect. Pronotum trapezoidal, length shorter than width, without collar; scutellum distinctly shorter than pronotum at midline, lateral margins nearly straight, apex acute, much wider than long; hemelytra macropterous, apical margin rounded, with deep median fracture; clavus long, claval commissure longer than scutellum; cuneus indistinct.

Distribution. China.

Etymology. The generic name is a combination of the Latin pustulatus (punctate) and thoracis (of the thorax).