†Ergates polyphemus Heer 1864 (longhorned beetle)
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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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