†Collops extrusus Wickham 1914 (soft-winged flower beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Melyridae
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 Collops according to E. Tihelka et al. 2021
See also Wickham 1914
Sister taxa: Collops desuetus, Collops priscus
Type specimen: MCZ 2511/2, 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)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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