Lygaeus obscurellus Théobald 1937 (milkweed bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Lygaeidae

Full reference: N. Théobald. 1937. Notes complémentaire sur les insectes fossiles oligocènes des gypses d'Aix-en-Provence. Bulletin Mensuel de la Société des Sciences de Nancy (N. S. 5) 6:157-178

Belongs to Lygaeus according to N. Théobald 1937

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Aix-en-Provence (Inst. Geol. Montpellier coll), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - large limestone in the Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation of France.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Aix-en-Provence (Inst. Geol. Montpellier coll)

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