†Lygaeites amabilis Cockerell 1921 (milkweed bug)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Lygaeidae
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1921. Fossil arthropods in the British Museum - VII. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ninth Series 8:541-545
Belongs to Lygaeites according to Y. A. Popov 2019
See also Cockerell 1921 and Cockerell 1927
Sister taxa: Lygaeites acutus, Lygaeites lividus, Lygaeites obsoletus, Lygaeites ovalis, Lygaeites pusillus
Type specimen: NHMUK In.24362, a tegmen. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (Hooley coll), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Bembridge Marls (Hooley coll)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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