†Schistomerus californense Palmer 1957 (predaceous diving beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Dytiscidae
Full reference: A. R. Palmer. 1957. Miocene arthropods from the Mojave desert, California. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 294-G:237-280
Belongs to Schistomerus according to A. N. Nilsson 2001
See also Palmer 1957
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM 561989, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is USGS Cenozoic 19057, Mule Canyon, Calico Hills, which is in a Hemingfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Barstow Formation of California.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (21: California collections)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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