Collivetanthocoris, 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 : 16

Collivetanthocoris gen. nov.

Type species. Collivetanthocoris rapax sp. nov.

Diagnosis. Body relatively large, elongated. Head subequal to pronotum in length, width subequal to length, anteocular portion longer than postocular; eyes round, diameter in dorsal view narrower than interocular space; 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, subequal to third and fourth segments combined, fourth segment shorter than third. Pronotum trapezoidal, transverse, with collar; scutellum triangular, subequal to pronotum at midline, slightly wider than long, 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 in length, tarsus 3-segmented, subequal in thickness, third longest; hemelytra distinctly extending beyond abdominal tip, with distinct embolium, corium with deep median fracture and embolar fracture, median fracture ending at middle of corium, clavus large, claval commissure longer than scutellum, membrane with over 10 longitudinal veins. Abdomen narrower than pronotum, with wide dorsal laterotergites, ovipositor long, extending through last two abdominal segments.

Distribution. China.

Etymology. The generic name is a combination of the Latin collum (neck) and Vetanthocoris (the type genus of this family).