Metoecus geikiei Scudder 1890

Insecta - Coleoptera - Ripiphoridae

Alternative combinations: Macrosiagon geikei, Rhipiphorus geikiei

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1890. The Tertiary Insects of North America. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories XIII:1-734

Belongs to Metoecus according to A. Kaupp et al. 2001

See also Scudder 1890, Scudder 1900 and Wickham 1920

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MCZ 4182, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

Distribution: found only at Florissant (MCZ Collection)

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