†Pachycoris protogaeus Heer 1853 (metallic shield bug)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Scutelleridae
Full reference: O. Heer. 1853. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Dritte Theil: Rhynchoten 1-138
Belongs to Pachycoris according to O. Heer 1853
Sister taxa: Pachycoris burmeisteri, Pachycoris escheri, Pachycoris germari
Type specimen: Its type locality is Oeningen (Zurich collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Oeningen (Zurich collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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