†Taxonus vetustus Heer 1849 (wood wasp)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Tenthredinidae
Alternative combination: Tenthredo vetusta
Full reference: O. Heer. 1849. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Zweiter Theil: Henschrecken, Florfliegen, Aderflügler, Schmetterlinge und Fliegen 1-264
Belongs to Taxonus according to A. Taeger et al. 2010
See also Brues 1908, Heer 1849 and Konow 1897
Sister taxon: Taxonus nortoni
Type specimen: Its type locality is Oeningen (von Seyfried collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Oeningen (von Seyfried collection)
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