Palaeotaxonus Brues 1908 (wood wasp)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Tenthredinidae

Full reference: C. T. Brues. 1908. New Phytophagous Hymenoptera from the Tertiary of Florissant, Colorado. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College 51(10):259-276

Parent taxon: Allantinae according to A. Taeger et al. 2010

See also Brues 1908 and Carpenter 1992

Sister taxa: Allantini, Empriini, Eriocampa, Hylotomites, Palaeathalia, Pseudosiobla, Rovnotaxonus, Taxonus

Subtaxa: Palaeotaxonus trivittatus Palaeotaxonus typicus Palaeotaxonus vetus

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Type: Palaeotaxonus typicus

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (3: Colorado collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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