Curvicaudus, 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 : 23-24

Curvicaudus gen. nov.

Type species. Curvicaudus ciliatus sp. nov.

Diagnosis. Body moderately sized, dorsal surface covered bushy setae. Head width subequal to length; antenna 4-segmented, longer than head and pronotum combined, first segment shortest and thickest, second longest, slightly shorter than third and fourth segments combined, fourth segment feebly shorter than third. Pronotum trapezoidal, with collar and 2 longitudinal carinae or sulci at middle; scutellum triangular, slightly longer than pronotum at midline, width longer than length; coxae narrowly separated, fore coxae situated remote from mid coxae, mid and hind coxae situated near to each other, femora distinctly thicker than tibiae, tibiae with long spines, fore and mid femora subequal to corresponding tibiae in length, hind leg longer than mid leg, femur distinctly shorter than corresponding tibia, tarsus 3-segmented, subequal in thickness; hemelytra surpassing abdominal tip, with distinctly embolium, corium with deep embolar fracture arising from basal portion of fore wing and ending at middle of anterior margin of corium, clavus considerably large, claval commissure subequal to scutellum in length. Abdomen wider than pronotum, distal portion of abdomen in males bending left, ovipositor long.

Distribution. China.

Etymology. The generic name is a combination of the Latin curvus (curving) and caudus (rump).