Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae
Alternative combination: Donacia (Donacia) wightoni
Full reference: I. S. Askevold. 1990. Classification of Tertiary fossil Donaciinae of North America and their implications about evolution of Donaciinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 68:2135-2145
Belongs to Donacia according to K. S. Nadein 2019
See also Askevold 1990 and Santiago-Blay 1994
Sister taxa: Donacia (Cyphogaster), Donacia (Donacia), Donacia (Donaciomima), Donacia anetae, Donacia cinerea, Donacia clavipes, Donacia connelli, Donacia crassipes, Donacia dentata, Donacia disjecta, Donacia dubia, Donacia elongatula, Donacia flemora, Donacia geiseltali, Donacia haupti, Donacia hiurai, Donacia impressa, Donacia jaroslavii, Donacia lenzi, Donacia letzneri, Donacia lignitum, Donacia minuta, Donacia obscura, Donacia obtusa, Donacia palaemonis, Donacia pitoni, Donacia pompatica, Donacia pterobrachys, Donacia rottensis, Donacia semicuprea, Donacia sparganii, Donacia splendens, Donacia splendida, Donacia statzi, Donacia stiria, Donacia stirioides, Donacia tenuipunctata, Donacia thalassina, Donacia voigti, Donacia weigelti, Donacia weylandi
Type specimen: UAPC 5566(407), an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Site 1 (near confluence of Blindman and Red Deer Rivers), which is in a Tiffanian pond limestone in the Paskapoo Formation of Canada.
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Canada (2: Alberta collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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