Geralophus occultus Scudder 1876 (snout beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1876. Fossil Coleoptera from the Rocky Mountain Tertiaries. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 2(1):77-87

Belongs to Geralophus according to A. A. Legalov 2015

Sister taxa: Geralophus antiquarius, Geralophus fossicius, Geralophus lassatus, Geralophus retritus, Geralophus saxuosus, Geralophus scudderi

Type specimen: Station 14, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Near Castello's Ranch, Florissant, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (4: Colorado collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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