The first fossil Cydnidae (Hemiptera: Pentatomoidea) from the Late Mesozoic of China
Author
Yao, Yunzhi
Author
Cai, Wanzhi
Author
Ren, Dong
text
Zootaxa
2007
1388
59
68
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.175165
dbef60eb-496c-4485-8d7c-ac4700340e1d
11755326
175165
Orienicydnus hongi
Yao, Cai & Ren
,
sp. nov.
(
Figs. 6–7
)
Description:
Ψ, Body 1.8 times as long as wide. Head 1.5 times as wide as long; eyes prominent, interocular space 6 times as wide as diameter of eyes in dorsal view. Pronotum 2.7 times as wide as long, anterior margin very concave, lateral margins convex, posterior margin nearly straight, anterior angles rounded, posterior angles rounded; all femora stout, more than 2 times as thick as corresponding tibiae, spines on tibia nearly as long as diameter of tibia, fore legs shorter than mid, fore tarsus 0.4 times as long as corresponding tibia, third tarsomere almost 4 times as long as first, mid tarsus 0.46 times as long as corresponding tibia, second tarsomere 2.5 times as long as first; hind tibia almost 1.6 times as long as femur, tarsi similar to fore and mid tarsi, third 2 times as long as first.
FIGURE 6.
Orienicydnus hongi
gen. & sp. nov.
Holotype, outline. Ψ. CNUHELB2006300. Scale bar = 1 mm.
Measurements
(in mm): Body length 6.15; maximal width of abdomen 3.47; length head 1.06, width 1.59; length antennal segments I–IV: 0.38, 0.44,?,?; length rostrum I–IV: 0.76, 0.32, 0.35, 0.53; length pronotum 1.09, width 2.88; length fore leg: femur 1.12, tibia 1.0 (ɗ), tarsomeres I–III: 0.06, 0.18, 0.18; length mid leg: femur 1.29, tibia 1.26, tarsomeres I–III: 0.09, 0.23, 0.23; length hind leg: femur 1.47, tibia 2.35 (ɗ), tarsomeres I–III: 0.12, 0.24, 0.24.
Material:
Holotype
, Ψ, CNUHENN2006230 (dorsoventrally compressed).
Locality and horizon:
Huangbanjigou, Chaomidian Village, Beipiao City, Liaoning Province,
China
. Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous, Yixian Formation.
Etymology:
This species is named in honor of Prof. Youchong Hong of the Beijing Museum of Natural History, Beijing, for his outstanding contributions to the study of the fossil insects of
China
.