Lytta aesculapii Heer 1847 (blister beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Meloidae

Alternative combination: Lytta aesculapi

Full reference: O. Heer. 1847. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Erster Theil: Käfer 1-229

Belongs to Lytta according to S. H. Scudder 1885

See also Heer 1847 and Heer 1864

Sister taxon: Lytta lithophila

Type specimen: Its type locality is Oeningen (Lavater'schen collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Miocene of Germany (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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