| Corixa Temporal range:
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| Corixa punctata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Corixidae |
| Subfamily: | Corixinae |
| Genus: | Corixa Geoffroy, 17621 |
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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).
References
References
- Histoire abrégée des insectes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris, 2. EL Geoffroy Paris, 1762.
- 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
- J. F. Zhang. 1989. Fossil Insects From Shanwang, Shandong, China 1-459
External links
External links
- Media related to Corixa at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Corixa at Wikispecies
- "Corixa". The Encyclopedia of Life.
- "Corixa". Paleobiology Database.
- "Corixa elegans". Paleobiology Database.