†Diacorixa germanica Popov 1989 (water boatman)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Corixidae
Full reference: Y. A. Popov. 1989. On the Miocene bug genus Diacorixa, with the description of a new fossil species from southern Germany (Insecta: Heteroptera, Corixidae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 156:1-12
Belongs to Diacorixa according to A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler 1993
See also Popov 1989
Sister taxon: Diacorixa miocaenica
Type specimen: SMNS 26498, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Randeck Maar (SMNS coll), which is in a MN 5 crater lake lime mudstone in the Randeck Maar Formation of Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of Germany (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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