Platynus insculptipennis Wickham 1917 (ground beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

Full reference: H. F. Wickham. 1917. New Species of Fossil Beetles from Florissant, Colorado. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 52:463-472

Belongs to Platynus according to H. F. Wickham 1917

Sister taxa: Platynus (Batenus), Platynus caesus, Platynus calvini, Platynus casus, Platynus desuetus, Platynus dilapidatus, Platynus dissipatus, Platynus exterminatus, Platynus florissantensis, Platynus funebris, Platynus halli, Platynus harttii, Platynus hindei, Platynus interglacialis, Platynus interitus, Platynus longaevus, Platynus pleistocenicus, Platynus senex, Platynus subgelidus, Platynus tartareus

Type specimen: USNM 63441, 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)

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