Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae
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 Bruchus according to H. F. Wickham 1912
Sister taxa: Bruchus aboriginalis, Bruchus anilis, Bruchus antaeus, Bruchus bituminosus, Bruchus bowditchi, Bruchus carpophiloides, Bruchus crassus, Bruchus decrepitus, Bruchus dormescens, Bruchus exhumatus, Bruchus henshawi, Bruchus pisi, Bruchus striolatus, Bruchus succintus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Florissant, Station 17, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Florissant, Station 17
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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