Vetanthocoris, 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 : 8

Vetanthocoris gen. nov.

Type species. Vetanthocoris decorus gen. & sp. nov.

Diagnosis. Body relatively large, elongate-oval. Head width subequal to length, shorter than pronotum, anteocular portion longer than postocular; rostrum longer than head and pronotum combined, 4-segmented, first segment thicker, third segment longest, longer than first, second, and fourth segments combined, fourth segment subequal to second in length, acute distally; eyes relatively small, round, diameter in dorsal view shorter than interocular space; 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 strongly transverse, without collar; scutellum triangular, longer than pronotum at midline, wider than length; tibiae with dense setae and long spines, spines longer than diameter of tibia, fore and hind coxae narrowly separated, mid coxae widely separated, femora distinctly thicker than tibiae, fore and mid femora subequal to corresponding tibiae in length, hind leg longer than mid leg, femora distinctly shorter than corresponding tibiae, tarsus 3-segmented, subequal in thickness, third longest; hemelytra with distinct embolium, corium with deep median fracture and embolar fracture, embolar fracture arising from near middle of median fracture, ending at middle of anterior margin of corium, clavus large, claval commissure subequal to scutellum in length, membrane with a cross veins along corium-membrane boundary, with over 10 longitudinal veins. Abdomen wider than pronotum, with wide dorsal laterotergites, ovipositor long.

Distribution. China.

Etymology. Generic name is a combination of the Latin vetus (old) and Anthocoris (an extant genus, which itself means flower bug).