Limnacis succini Germar and Berendt 1856 (marsh treader)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Hydrometridae

Full reference: E. F. Germar and G. C. Berendt. 1856. Die im Bernstein befindlichen Hemipteren und Orthopteren der Vorwelt. Die in Bernstein Befindlichen Organischen Reste der Vorwelt Gesammelt in Verbindung mit Mehreren Bearbeitetet und Herausgegeben 2(1):1-40

Belongs to Limnacis according to R. V. PĂȘgas et al. 2017

See also Andersen 1998, Andersen 2000, Germar and Berendt 1856 and Popov 1996

Sister taxon: Limnacis hoffeinsi

Type specimen: MfN Inv. 7338, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Berendt collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Berendt collection

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