Corixa

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Corixa
Temporal range: 28.4–23.03  Ma
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Corixa punctata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Corixidae
Subfamily: Corixinae
Genus: Corixa
Geoffroy, 1762 [1]
Species
fossil species
  • Corixa elegans von Schlechtendal, 1894 [2]
  • Corixa parvoculata Zhang, 1989 [3]
  • Corixa triquetra Zhang, 1989
Synonyms

Corisa

Corixa is a genus of aquatic bugs in the family Corixidae. The fossil species C. elegans is from the Rott Formation in Nordrhein-Westfalen (Oligocene of Germany).

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References

  1. Histoire abrégée des insectes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris, 2. EL Geoffroy Paris, 1762.
  2. D. H. R. von Schlechtendal. 1894. Beiträge zur kenntnis fossiler insekten aus dem braunkohlengebirge von Rott am Siebengebierge. Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Halle 20:197-228
  3. J. F. Zhang. 1989. Fossil Insects From Shanwang, Shandong, China 1-459