†Eothes elegans Scudder 1890 (broad-headed bug)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Alydidae
Synonym: Orthriocorisa longipes Scudder 1890
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1890. The Tertiary Insects of North America. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories XIII:1-734
Belongs to Eothes according to D. R. Swanson 2020
See also Scudder 1890 and Štys and Říha 1977
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Eothes elegans: MCZ 752, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
- Orthriocorisa longipes: MCZ 572, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Florissant (MCZ Collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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