Insecta - Coleoptera - Attelabidae
Alternative combinations: Apion exanimale, Paleauletes exanimalis
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1893. Tertiary Rhynchophorous Coleoptera of the United States. Monographs of the United States Geological Survey 21:1-206
Belongs to Prodeporaus according to A. A. Legalov 2015
See also Legalov 2003, Poinar and Legalov 2015 and Scudder 1893
Sister taxa: Prodeporaus curiosum, Prodeporaus exilis, Prodeporaus minutissimus, Prodeporaus smithii
Type specimen: Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Colorado collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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