Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Alternative combination: Eudiagogus effossus
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1876. Fossil Coleoptera from the Rocky Mountain Tertiaries. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 2(1):77-87
Belongs to Epicaerus according to A. A. Legalov 2015
See also Scudder 1876, Scudder 1878, Scudder 1890, Scudder 1893 and Yunakov and Kirejtshuk 2011
Sister taxa: Epicaerus dilapsus, Epicaerus eradicatus, Epicaerus evigoratus, Epicaerus exanimis, Epicaerus excissus, Epicaerus fodinarum, Epicaerus saxatilis, Epicaerus subterraneus, Epicaerus terrosus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Petrified fish cut (Richardson Coll), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large diatomite/shale in the Green River Formation of Wyoming
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (5: Colorado, Utah, Wyoming collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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