Nepa vulcanica Cockerell 1908 (true bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Nepidae

Alternative combination: Zaitha vulcanica

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1908. Descriptions of Tertiary insects, part II. The American Journal of Science, Fourth Series 25:227-232

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

See also Cockerell 1908 and Hungerford 1932

Sister taxon: Nepa monteilsensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Florissant, Station 14, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Florissant, Station 14

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