Lygaeus atavinus Heer 1853 (milkweed bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Lygaeidae

Full reference: O. Heer. 1853. Die Insektenfauna der TertiƤrgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Dritte Theil: Rhynchoten 1-138

Belongs to Lygaeus according to O. Heer 1853

Sister taxa: Lygaeus celasensis, Lygaeus dasypus, Lygaeus daulus, Lygaeus deprehensus, Lygaeus deucalionis, Lygaeus elongatiabdominalis, Lygaeus faeculentus, Lygaeus fossitius, Lygaeus gracilentus, Lygaeus gratiosus, Lygaeus mutilus, Lygaeus obscurellus, Lygaeus obsolescens, Lygaeus stabilitus, Lygaeus tinctus, Lygaeus ventralis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Radoboj (unspecified or Heer coll), which is in a Sarmatian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in Croatia

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Radoboj (unspecified or Heer coll)

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