Insecta - Hemiptera - Corixidae
Full reference: Y. A. Popov. 2019. True bugs (Heteroptera), in Aphids, true hoppers, jumping plant-lice, scale insects, true bugs and whiteflies (Insecta: Hemiptera) from the Insect Limestone (latest Eocene) of the Isle of Wight, UK. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 110:331-396
Belongs to Diacorixites according to Y. A. Popov 2019
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NHMUK II.3045, a tegmen. Its type locality is North end of Thorness Bay, Bembridge Marls (BMNH collection), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Bembridge Marls Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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