Coccinella florissantensis Wickham 1914 (ladybird beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Coccinellidae

Full reference: H. F. Wickham. 1914. New Miocene Coleoptera from Florissant. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College 53:423-494

Belongs to Coccinella according to H. F. Wickham 1914

Sister taxa: Coccinella (Coccinella), Coccinella (Spilota), Coccinella amabilis, Coccinella andromeda, Coccinella antiqua, Coccinella bituminosa, Coccinella colorata, Coccinella fossilis, Coccinella heeri, Coccinella hesione, Coccinella krantzi, Coccinella perses, Coccinella ponomarenkoi, Coccinella prisca, Coccinella sodoma

Type specimen: MCZ 2441, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Florissant (MCZ Collection)

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