†Urocerus patagonicus Fidalgo and Smith 1987 (horntail)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Siricidae
Full reference: P. Fidalgo and D. R. Smith. 1987. A fossil Siricidae (Hymenoptera) from Argentina. Entomological News 98:63-66
Belongs to Urocerus according to A. Taeger et al. 2010
See also Fidalgo and Smith 1987
Sister taxa: Urocerus dorbnikensis, Urocerus gigas, Urocerus ligniticus
Type specimen: PIL 13320, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Laguna del Hunco (Miguel Lillo coll), which is in a Ypresian crater lake tuff in Argentina.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Laguna del Hunco (Miguel Lillo coll)
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