Nepa monteilsensis Nel 1988 (true bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Nepidae

Full reference: A. Nel. 1988. Une nèpe fossile de l'éocène supérieur du bassin d'Alès (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Nepidae). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie (N.S.) 5:273-276

Belongs to Nepa according to A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler 1992

See also Nel 1988

Sister taxon: Nepa vulcanica

Type specimen: MNHN-IPMR-07713, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Alès-Monteils (MNHN Collection), which is in a Priabonian lacustrine marl/limestone in the Monteils Formation of France.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Alès-Monteils (MNHN Collection)

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