Bumbacorixa elytralis Popov 1986 (water boatman)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Corixidae

Full reference: Y. Popov. 1986. Peloridiina (= Coleorrhyncha) and Cimicina (= Heteroptera), in Nasekomye v rannemelovykh ekosistemakh zapadnoy Mongolii. The Joint Soviet-Mongolian Palaeontological Expedition 28:50-83

Belongs to Bumbacorixa according to A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler 1993

See also Popov 1986

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN 3057/8, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Altan-Teeli (Outcrop 233/12), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large shale/sandstone in the Gurvan-Eren Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Mongolia (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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