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Pterocimex jacksoni Popov et al. 1994 (true bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Pterocimicidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 196238

BMNH In 59359

Full reference: Y. A. Popov, W. R. Dolling, and P. E. S. Whalley. 1994. British Upper Triassic and Lower Jurassic Heteroptera and Coleorrhyncha (Insecta: Hemiptera). Genus 5(4):307-347

Belongs to Pterocimex according to Y. A. Popov et al. 1994

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BMNH In 53909, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Woodstones, Black Ven, Charmouth (Jackson collection), which is in an Obtusum marine mudstone in the Charmouth Mudstone Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology:

Average measurements (in mm): abdomen 5.40 x 4.10, body 9.00 x 4.53, forewing 6.22 x 2.20