Corixa

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Paraneoptera
Superordo: Condylognatha
Ordo: Hemiptera
Subordo: Heteroptera
Infraordo: Nepomorpha
Superfamilia: Corixoidea

Familia: Corixidae
Subfamilia: Corixinae
Genus: Corixa
Subgenera: Corisa (Glaenocorisa)
Species: C. affinis – C. dentipes – C. iberica – C. hieroglyphica – C. panzeri – C. punctata – †C. elegans – †C. parvoculata – †C. triquetra
Name

Corixa Geoffroy, 1762

Synonym: Corisa
References

Geoffroy, E.L. 1762. Histoire abrégée des insectes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris; dans laquelle ces animaux sont rangés suivant un ordre méthodique. Tome premier. Durand, Paris. xxviii + 523 pp., 10 pls. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.14710. BHL. Reference page.

Links

Zicha, Ondřej et al. Corixa – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
Corixa – Taxon details on Fauna Europaea.
Corixa – Taxon details on Paleobiology Database.

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

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