Plagiodera lyelliana Heer 1856

Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae

Alternative combination: Chrysomela lyelliana

Synonyms: Chrysomela matrona Oustalet 1874, Chrysomela tertiaria Giebel 1856 [objective synonym]

Full reference: O. Heer. 1856. Ueber die fossilen Insekten von Aix in der Provence. Vierteljahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich 1:1-40

Belongs to Plagiodera according to N. Theobald 1937

See also Giebel 1856, Handlirsch 1907, Heer 1856 and Oustalet 1874

Sister taxon: Plagiodera novata

Type specimens:

  • Plagiodera lyelliana: Its type locality is Aix-en-Provence (Murchison collection), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - large limestone in the Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation of France
  • Chrysomela matrona: Its type locality is Aix-en-Provence (MNHN Paris Coll), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - large limestone in the Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation of France.
  • Chrysomela tertiaria: Its type locality is Aix-en-Provence (Murchison collection), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - large limestone in the Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation of France.

Distribution:

• Oligocene of France (7 collections)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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