†Geron figuratus Theobald 1937 (bee fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Bombyliidae
Full reference: N. Theobald. 1937. Les insectes fossiles des terrains oligocènes de France. Bulletin Mensuel (Mémoires) de la Société des Sciences de Nancy 1:1-473
Belongs to Geron according to N. L. Evenhuis and D. J. Greathead 1999
See also Theobald 1937
Sister taxa: Geron oligocaenicus, Geron platysoma
Type specimen: Marseilles Geologic institute 2, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Camoins-les-Bains (Coll. Marseille), which is in an Oligocene lacustrine marl in France.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Camoins-les-Bains (Coll. Marseille)
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