†Profidia Gressitt 1963 (leaf beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae
Full reference: J. L. Gressitt. 1963. A fossil Chrysomelid beetle from the amber of Chiapas, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 37(1):108-109
Parent taxon: Eumolpinae according to J. A. Santiago-Blay et al. 1996
See also Gressitt 1963
Sister taxa: Alethaxius, Bromiini, Chalcosicya, Endocephalini, Eumolpini, Euryopini, Glyptoscelis, Metachroma
Subtaxa: Profidia nitida
Type: Profidia nitida
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at UCMP B-1402, Simojovel area (Miocene of Mexico)
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