Aphanus contractus Theobald 1937 (seed bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Rhyparochromidae

Full reference: N. Theobald. 1937. Les insectes fossiles des terrains oligocènes de France. Bulletin Mensuel (Mémoires) de la Société des Sciences de Nancy 1:1-473

Belongs to Aphanus according to N. Theobald 1937

Sister taxa: Aphanus dilatatus, Aphanus murchisonae, Aphanus pulchellus, Pachymerus coloratus, Pachymerus detectus, Pachymerus oblongus, Pachymerus heeri, Pachymerus antiquus, Pachymerus senius, Pachymerus obsoletus, Pachymerus grassei, Pachymerus bisignatus, Pachymerus cruciatus, Pachymerus morio, Pachymerus petrensis

Type specimen: Bale Museum R 929(951), an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Kleinkembs, which is in a Rupelian lacustrine - large marl/limestone in the Salt Formation of Germany.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Oligocene of France (2 collections), Germany (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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