†Helichus eruptus Wickham 1911 (long toed water beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Dryopidae
Alternative combination: Dryops eruptus
Full reference: H. F. Wickham. 1911. Fossil Coleoptera from Florissant, with descriptions of several new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 30:53-69
Belongs to Helichus according to H. F. Wickham 1920
See also Wickham 1911 and Wickham 1914
Sister taxon: Helichus tenuior
Type specimen: Its type locality is Florissant, Station 13, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Colorado collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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