Mycetoporus demersus Scudder 1900 (rove beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1900. Adephagous and clavicorn Coleoptera from the Tertiary deposits at Florissant, Colorado with descriptions of a few other forms and a systematic list of the non-rhynchophorus Tertiary Coleoptera of North America. Monographs of the United States Geological Survey 40:1-148

Belongs to Mycetoporus according to S. Yamamoto 2021

See also Herman 2001, Scudder 1900 and Wickham 1912

Sister taxon: Mycetoporus punctatissimus

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

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (3: Colorado collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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