†Protodoris Nel et al. 2004 (palm bug)
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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
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Oise amber, Le Quesnoy (Eocene of France)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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