†Urocerus ligniticus Piton 1940 (horntail)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Siricidae
Alternative combination: Eosirex ligniticus
Full reference: L. Piton. 1940. Paléontologie du Gisement Éocéne de Menat (Puy-de-Dôme) (Flore et Faune) 1-303
Belongs to Urocerus according to S. Wedmann et al. 2014
See also Nel 1988, Piton 1940 and Taeger et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Urocerus dorbnikensis, Urocerus gigas, Urocerus patagonicus
Type specimen: Coll. Piton 743, a forewing. Its type locality is Menat (Piton collection), which is in a Selandian crater lake diatomite in the Menat Formation of France.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Paleocene of France (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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