Lygaeus fossitius von Heyden 1858 (milkweed bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Lygaeidae

Full reference: C. von Heyden. 1858. Fossile Insekten aus der Braunkohle von Sieblos. Palaeontographica 5(5):115-120

Belongs to Lygaeus according to C. von Heyden 1858

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Sieblos (Hassencamp collection), which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in Germany

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Sieblos (Hassencamp collection)

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