Insecta - Hemiptera - Lygaeidae
Full reference: J. Zhang, B. Sun, and X. Zhang. 1994. Miocene insects and spiders from Shanwang, Shandong 1-298
Belongs to Lygaeus according to J. Zhang et al. 1994
Sister taxa: Lygaeus atavinus, Lygaeus celasensis, Lygaeus dasypus, Lygaeus deprehensus, Lygaeus deucalionis, Lygaeus elongatiabdominalis, Lygaeus faeculentus, Lygaeus fossitius, Lygaeus gracilentus, Lygaeus gratiosus, Lygaeus mutilus, Lygaeus obscurellus, Lygaeus obsolescens, Lygaeus stabilitus, Lygaeus tinctus, Lygaeus ventralis
Type specimen: Shandong Geological Museum K0207, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Shanwang, Linqu County, collection K0 (Shandong Geological Museum), which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Shanwang, Linqu County, collection K0 (Shandong Geological Museum)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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