†Chlaenius plicatipennis Wickham 1917 (ground beetle)
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.
Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae
Full reference: H. F. Wickham. 1917. Some fossil beetles from the Sangamon peat. The American Journal of Science, Fourth Series 44:137-145
Belongs to Chlaenius according to H. F. Wickham 1917
Sister taxa: Chlaenius (Agostenus), Chlaenius (Chlaeniellus), Chlaenius electrinus, Chlaenius furvus, Chlaenius gebleri, Chlaenius primaevus, Chlaenius punctulatus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Sangamon river near Mahomet, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial peat in Illinois
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Sangamon river near Mahomet
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.