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 Bruchus according to H. F. Wickham 1914
Sister taxa: Bruchus aboriginalis, Bruchus anilis, Bruchus antaeus, Bruchus bituminosus, Bruchus bowditchi, Bruchus crassus, Bruchus decrepitus, Bruchus dormescens, Bruchus exhumatus, Bruchus henshawi, Bruchus osborni, Bruchus pisi, Bruchus striolatus, Bruchus succintus
Type specimen: MCZ 2651, 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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