†Podabrus cupesoides Wickham 1917 (soldier beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae
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 Podabrus according to F. Fanti 2017
See also Fanti 2017 and Wickham 1917
Sister taxa: Podabrus alpinus, Podabrus florissantensis, Podabrus fragmentatus, Podabrus santaritensis, Podabrus wheeleri
Type specimen: USNM 63446, 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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