Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
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 Ataenius according to H. F. Wickham 1914
See also Scudder 1900, Wickham 1910, Wickham 1912 and Wickham 1913
Sister taxa: Ataenius damzeni, Ataenius europaeus, Ataenius restructus
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 (4: Colorado collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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