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Corixa
Sign in to saveCorixa 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).
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderHemiptera
- FamilyCorixidae
Habitatbrackish, freshwater
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 21
- With media
- 28
- Family
- Corixidae
- Collections
- LACM, YPM, USNM, UCM, NHMUK, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Germany, United States, United Kingdom, Cuba
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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).
== References ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Corixa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.