Insecta - Coleoptera - Trogossitidae
Full reference: H. F. Wickham. 1913. Fossil Coleoptera from Florissant in the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 45(1982):283-303
Belongs to Tenebroides according to J. Kolibáč 2013
See also Schmied et al. 2009 and Wickham 1913
Sister taxa: Tenebroides (Polynesibroides), Tenebroides emortua, Tenebroides eocenica, Tenebroides insignis, Tenebroides tenebrioides, Trogosita assimilis, Trogossita eocaenica, Trogosita bella, Trogosita longicollis, Trogosita emortua, Trogosita amissa, Trogosita koellikeri, Trogosita sculpturata, Trogosita insignis
Type specimen: USNM 59641, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (USNM Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Florissant (USNM Collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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