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Issue: Vol. 2 No. 4: (In progress) December 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-12-18
DOI: 10.11646/mesozoic.2.4.2
Page range: 293-301
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A second genus of Progonocimicidae (Hemiptera: Coleorrhyncha) from the Early Toarcian of Luxembourg

Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (UMR 7205) Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE-PSL, Université des Antilles, F-75005 Paris, France
Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (UMR 7205) Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE-PSL, Université des Antilles, F-75005 Paris, France
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Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (UMR 7205) Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE-PSL, Université des Antilles, F-75005 Paris, France
Insecta Jurassic Progonocimicomorpha moss bugs fossil record Hemiptera Coleorrhyncha

Abstract

Liassoprogonocimex bascharagensis gen. et sp. nov. of Progonocimicidae (Coleorrhyncha: Progonocimicomorpha) are described. It is one of two genera from the Early Jurassic of Luxembourg, the other being Indutionomarus Szwedo, 2011. This new occurrence increases the morphological diversity of Coleorrhyncha during the Mesozoic and helps us to discuss the systematics of extinct Coleorrhyncha as well as their evolutionary history.

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