†Propoissonia beskonakensis Nel and Paicheler 1992 (giant water bug)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Belostomatidae
Full reference: A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler. 1992. Les Heteroptera aquatiques fossiles, état actuel des connaissances (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha et Gerromorpha). Entomologica Gallica 3:159-182
Belongs to Propoissonia according to A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler 1992
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MNHN IPM-B.47695, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bes-Konak, which is in an Aquitanian lacustrine - large diatomite in Turkey.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Bes-Konak
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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