Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
Alternative combination: Aphodius restructus
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 Ataenius according to H. F. Wickham 1914
See also Wickham 1912
Sister taxa: Ataenius damzeni, Ataenius europaeus, Ataenius patescens
Type specimen: Its type locality is Florissant (Cockerell Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Colorado collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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