Tropisternus Solier 1834 (water scavenger beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae
Parent taxon: Hydrophilina according to M. Fikáček et al. 2010
See also Scudder 1878, Scudder 1900 and Short and Fikáček 2013
Sister taxa: Coccinella protogaeae, Hydrobiomorpha, Hydrochara, Hydrophilus
Subtaxa: Tropisternus limitatus Tropisternus saxialis Tropisternus sculptilis Tropisternus vanus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Peru (1 collection)
• Eocene of United States (2: Colorado, Wyoming)
Total: 3 collections including 5 occurrences
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