The Progonocimicidae are an extinct family of true bugs in the suborder Coleorrhyncha. Progonocimicidae fossils have been found in Europe, Asia, Australia, and South America.[1][2]

Progonocimicidae
Temporal range: Changhsingian–Cenomanian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Coleorrhyncha
Family: Progonocimicidae
Handlirsch, 1906

Families preserved in the fossil record of Coleorrhyncha include the early Progonocimicidae, and the later Karabasiidae and Hoploridiidae. The only extant family in Coleorrhyncha is Peloridiidae.[2][3][4] The family is thought to have evolved from the Permian Ingruidae.[5]

Genera edit

These 27 genera belong to the family Progonocimicidae:[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Heads, Sam W.; Maehr, Michael D.; Eades, David C. (2019). "family Progonocimicidae Handlirsch, 1906". Coleorrhyncha species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-05-03.
  2. ^ a b Progonocimicidae at Fossilworks
  3. ^ A new species of Progonocimicidae (Hemiptera, Coleorrhyncha) from the Middle Jurassic of China
  4. ^ Heads, Sam W. (2008). "A new species of Yuripopovia (Coleorrhyncha: Progonocimicidae) from the Early Cretaceous of the Isle of Wight" (PDF). British Journal of Entomology and Natural History. 21: 247–253.
  5. ^ Jiang, Tian; Wang, Bo; Szwedo, Jacek (January 2019). "The first representative of Progonocimicidae (Hemiptera: Coleorrhyncha) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber". Cretaceous Research. 93: 346–359. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2018.09.018. S2CID 133781827.

External links edit

  Data related to Progonocimicidae at Wikispecies