Byssoidecerus, 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 : 19-20

Byssoidecerus gen. nov.

Type species. Byssoidecerus levigata sp. nov.

Diagnosis. Body of moderate size. Head subequal to pronotum in length, width subequal to length, anteocular portion longer than postocular; eyes round, ocelli situated near level of posterior margins of eyes; rostrum extending to mid coxae, 4-segmented, first segment thicker, third longest, longer than first, second, and fourth segments combined, fourth segment subequal to second in length, acute distally; antenna 4-segmented, longer than head and pronotum combined, first segment shortest and thickest, second longest, third and fourth segments subequal in length. Pronotum trapezoidal, transverse, without collar; scutellum triangular, subequal to pronotum at midline, wider than long; femora distinctly thicker than tibiae, mid femur subequal to corresponding tibia in length, hind leg longer than mid leg, femora distinctly shorter than corresponding tibiae, tarsus 3-segmented, tarsomeres subequal in thickness; hemelytra reaching tip of abdomen, corium with deep medial fracture, median fracture indistinct, clavus large, claval commissure longer than scutellum. Abdomen wider than pronotum, with wide dorsal laterotergites, ovipositor short.

Distribution. China.

Etymology. Generic name is a combination of the Latin byssoideus (filiform) and cerus (antenna), because the third and fourth antennal segments are very thin.