Protodoris Nel et al. 2004 (palm bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Thaumastocoridae

Full reference: A. Nel, A. Waller, and G. De Ploeg. 2004. The oldest palm bug in the Lowermost Eocene amber of the Paris Basin (Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha: Thaumastocoridae). Geologica Acta 2(1):51-55

Parent taxon: Xylastodorinae according to E. Heiss and V. B. Golub 2015

See also Cassis and Schuh 2010 and Nel et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Discocoris, Paleodoris, Proxylastodoris, Thaumastotingis, Xylastodoris

Subtaxa: Protodoris minusculus

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Oise amber, Le Quesnoy (Eocene of France)

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