Mecopodus xanthos, 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 : 23

Mecopodus xanthos sp. nov.

( Figs. 37–38 )

Description. ɗ. Body about 2.7 times as long as wide. Rostrum longer than head and pronotum combined, third segment about 15 times as long as first, about 3.7 times as long as second, 5 times as long as fourth; second antennal segment about 4 times as long as first. Pronotum with wide pale markings on lateral sides, 2 times as wide as long, anterior margin about 0.6 times as long as posterior, anterior and posterior margins nearly straight, sides convex; femora stout, over 2 times as thick as corresponding tibiae, fore coxae round, trochanters triangular; mid tarsus about 0.5 times as long as corresponding tibia, hind tarsus nearly 0.4 times as long as hind tibia, hind leg distinctly longer than fore and mid legs, tibia nearly 1.3 times as long as femur.

Dimensions (in mm). ɗ. Body length 6.1; maximal width of body 2.3; length antennal segments I–V: 0.3, 1.2,?,?; length rostral segments I–IV: 0.1, 0.4, 1.5, 0.3; length pronotum 1.0, width 1.9; length scutellum 0.9, width 1.6; length hemelytron 5.3, length anterior margin of corium 3.9, length clavus 2, width 0.4; length fore leg: femur 1.3; tibia 1.4; tarsus 0.7; length of middle leg: femur 1.4, tibia 1.4, tarsus 0.7; length hind leg: femur 2.0, tibia 2.6, tarsomeres I–III: 0.18, 0.3, 0.5.

Type materials. Holotype, ɗ, CNU-HE-LB2006031 (dorsoventrally compressed); paratype, 1 ɗ, CNU-HE-LB2006027-28 (part and counterpart).

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

Etymology. The name is derived from the Latin xantho (yellow).

Figures

FIGURE 37. Mecopodus xanthos gen. & sp. nov. Holotype, ♂, CNU-HE-LB 2006031. Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURE 38. Mecopodus xanthos gen. & sp. nov. Holotype, photograph, ♂, CNU-HE- LB 2006031. Scale bar = 1 mm.