Insecta - Dermaptera - Forficulidae
Full reference: A. Nel, V. Albouy, C. Caussanel and C. Jamet. 1994. Réflexion paléo-entomologique sur la systématique des Dermaptères. Quatre nouveaux forficules fossiles de l'Oligocène de Provence (France). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 99:253-266
Belongs to Forficula according to A. Nel et al. 1994
Sister taxa: Forficula auricularia, Forficula baltica, Forficula bolcensis, Forficula klebsi, Forficula kotejai, Forficula minuta, Forficula paleocaenica, Forficula praecursor, Forficula primigenia, Forficula pristina, Forficula recta
Type specimen: MNHN-LP-R.10398, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Camoins-les-Bains (MNHN coll), which is in an Oligocene lacustrine marl in France.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Camoins-les-Bains (MNHN coll)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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