Ergates polyphemus Heer 1864 (longhorned beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cerambycidae

Alternative combination: Prionus polyphemus

Full reference: O. Heer. 1864. Die Urwelt der Schweiz 1-622

Belongs to Ergates according to T. D. A. Cockerell 1922

See also Heer 1864

Sister taxa: Ergates atavellus, Ergates spectabilis

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

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Oeningen (Zurich collection)

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