Mecopodus, Yao, Yunzhi, Cai, Wanzhi & Ren, Dong, 2006

Yao, Yunzhi, Cai, Wanzhi & Ren, Dong, 2006, Fossil flower bugs (Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha: Cimicoidea) from the Late Jurassic of Northeast China, including a new family, Vetanthocoridae, Zootaxa 1360, pp. 1-40 : 22-23

Mecopodus gen. nov.

Type species. Mecopodus xanthos sp. nov.

Diagnosis. Body small. Eyes round, diameter in dorsal view greater than interocular space; rostrum longer than head and pronotum combined, 4-segmented, first segment thickest and shortest, third longest, longer than first, second, and fourth segments combined, fourth segment slightly shorter than second, acute distally; antenna incomplete, second segment much longer than first, third segment slightly thinner than second. Pronotum trapezoidal, transverse, without collar and longitudinal carinae or sulci; femora distinctly thicker than tibiae, tarsus 3-segmented, subequal in thickness, third segment longest; fore and mid femora subequal to corresponding tibiae in length, hind leg longer than mid leg, femur distinctly shorter than tibia. Abdomen wider than pronotum. Distribution. China.

Etymology. Generic name is a combination of the Greek meco (long) and podus (leg).