Pteroporus antiquus Heer 1862

Insecta - Coleoptera - Dytiscidae

Alternative combination: Hydroporus antiquus

Full reference: O. Heer. 1862. Beiträge zur Insektenfauna Oeningens: Coleoptera. Geodephagen, Hydrocanthariden, Gyriniden, Brachelytren, Clavicornen, Lamellicornen und Buprestiden. Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem 16(2):1-90

Belongs to Pteroporus according to A. N. Nilsson 2001

See also Heer 1862 and Heer 1864

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Oeningen (Bruckmann collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany

Distribution: found only at Oeningen (Bruckmann collection)

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