Cimbex turoliana Riou 1992 (cimbicid sawfly)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Cimbicidae

Alternative combination: Cimbex turolianus

Full reference: B. Riou. 1992. Première découverte de Cimbex fossiles dans les terrains du Miocène ardéchois (Hym. Cimbicidae). École Pratique des Hautes Études, Biologie et Évolution des Insectes 5:115-120

Belongs to Cimbex according to S. B. Archibald and A. P. Rasnitsyn 2023

See also Riou 1992 and Taeger et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Cimbex chromoptera, Cimbex miocenica, Clavellarius

Type specimen: MPVR R-150, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Montagne d'Andance, Saint-Bauzile, Privas (Riou collection), which is in a Turolian crater lake diatomite in France.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Montagne d'Andance, Saint-Bauzile, Privas (Riou collection)

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