†Vrilletta monstrosa Wickham 1917 (spider beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Ptinidae
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 Vrilletta according to A. Bukejs and V. I. Alekseev 2015
See also Wickham 1917 and Zahradník and Háva 2014
Sister taxon: Vrilletta tenuistriata
Type specimen: USNM 63447, 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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