Ilyocoris andancensis Jattiot et al. 2023 (creeping water bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Naucoridae

Full reference: R. Jattiot, V. Trincal, R. Garrouste and A. Nel. 2023. A new fossil species of the saucer bug genus Ilyocoris (Heteroptera, Naucoridae) from the Upper Miocene maar paleolake of la Montagne d’Andance (France). Palaeoentomology 6:260-267

Belongs to Ilyocoris according to R. Jattiot et al. 2023

Sister taxon: Ilyocoris rottensis

Type specimen: MNHN-F.A71364, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Montagne d'Andance, Saint-Bauzile, Privas (MNHN collection), which is in a Turolian crater lake diatomite/volcaniclastic in France.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Montagne d'Andance, Saint-Bauzile, Privas (MNHN collection)

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