†Notonecta cantalensis Nel and Paicheler 1992 (true bug)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Notonectidae
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 Notonecta according to A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler 1992
Sister taxa: Notonecta (Paranecta), Notonecta mazzoniae, Notonecta primaeva, Notonecta vetula, Notonecta xyphiale
Type specimen: MNHN IPM-R.54103, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is La Bade, Riom-ès-Montagnes, which is in a Gelasian crater lake mudstone in France.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at La Bade, Riom-ès-Montagnes
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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