†Exmesselensis disspinosus Wappler 2003 (lace bug)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Tingidae
Full reference: T. Wappler. 2003. New fossil lace bugs (Heteroptera: Tingidae) from the Middle Eocene of the Grube Messel (Germany), with a catalog of fossil lace bugs. Zootaxa 374:1-26
Belongs to Exmesselensis according to T. Wappler 2003
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: SMF MeI6301, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Grube Messel grid square E8/9, 2.57-3.09m over alpha, which is in a MP 11 crater lake claystone in the Messel Formation of Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Grube Messel grid square E8/9, 2.57-3.09m over alpha
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