Insecta - Coleoptera - Dytiscidae
Alternative combination: Coelambus miocenus
Full reference: H. F. Wickham. 1912. A report on some recent collections of fossil Coleoptera from the Miocene shales of Florissant. Bulletin from the Laboratories of Natural History of the State University of Iowa 6(3):3-38
Belongs to Hygrotus according to A. N. Nilsson 2001
See also Wickham 1912 and Wickham 1914
Sister taxa: Hygrotus (Coelambus), Hygrotus (Hygrotus), Hygrotus (Leptolambus), Hygrotus cribrarius, Hygrotus derelictus, Hygrotus disjectus, Hygrotus dzieduszyckii, Hygrotus ganglbaueri, Hygrotus infernalis, Hygrotus latefasciatus, Hygrotus niedzwiedzkii, Hygrotus ozokeriticus, Hygrotus picipoides
Type specimen: Its type locality is Florissant, Station 14, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: Colorado collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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