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The first chinch bug Blissidae (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) from the Eocene Oise amber

Institut Systématique Evolution Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 50, 75005 Paris, France
Institut Systématique Evolution Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 50, 75005 Paris, France
Institut Systématique Evolution Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 50, 75005 Paris, France
Hemiptera Insecta Heteroptera Lygaeoidea Eoblissus gallicus gen. et sp. nov. new genus new species

Abstract

Eoblissus gallicus gen. et sp. nov., first accurate fossil Blissidae, is described from the Lowermost Eocene amber of France. This fossil is of interest for future calibrations regarding phylogenetic dating of the Lygaeoidea.

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