Hygrotus miocenus Wickham 1912

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

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