Lithochromus extraneus Scudder 1890 (milkweed bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Lygaeidae

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1890. The Tertiary Insects of North America. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories XIII:1-734

Belongs to Lithochromus according to S. H. Scudder 1890

Sister taxa: Lithochromus gardneri, Lithochromus mortuarius, Lithochromus obstrictus

Type specimen: MCZ 758, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Florissant (MCZ Collection)

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