Insecta - Hemiptera - Progonocimicidae

Synonyms: Eocimex liasinus Handlirsch 1906, Progonocimex liasinus Handlirsch 1906

Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 1-640

Belongs to Progonocimex according to Yu. A. Popov and D. E. Shcherbakov 1991

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

• Progonocimex jurassicus: Ernst Moritz Arndt Universitat Greifswald 57/1, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Handlirsch collection), which is in a Toarcian marine claystone in Germany.
• Eocimex liasinus: Ernst Moritz Arndt Universitat Greifswald 57/2, a tegmen. Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Handlirsch collection), which is in a Toarcian marine claystone in Germany.

Ecology:

Average measurements (in mm): body 6.50 x 3.80, forewing 5.90 x 2.00