Description

False Chinch Bug – Nysius sp.
Pliocene
Rita Blanca Formation
Oldham County, TX USA.

6mm insect on 72mm slab.

Insect.

Nysius is a genus of false chinch bugs (aka seed bugs) in the family Lygaeidae.  This occurrence in the Pliocene of Texas appears to be one of oldest known for Nysius and the Lygaeidae dates back at least to the Late Eocene of Colorado (Florissant).