†Lema fortior Wickham 1914 (leaf beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae
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 Lema according to A. Bukejs and M. Schmitt 2016
See also Wickham 1914
Sister taxa: Lema evanescens, Lema lesquereuxi, Lema tumulata
Type specimen: MCZ 2612, 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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