Neandra florissantensis Wickham 1920

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cerambycidae

Alternative combinations: Parandra florissantensis, Protospondylis florissantensis, Spondylis florissantensis

Synonym: Spondylis tertiarius Wickham 1917 [replaced name]

Full reference: H. F. Wickham. 1920. Catalogue of the North American Coleoptera described as fossils. Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico 349-365

Belongs to Neandra according to F. Vitali 2018

See also Linsley 1942, Santos-Silva and Shute 2009, Vitali 2006, Wickham 1917 and Wickham 1920

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Neandra florissantensis: USNM 63448, an exoskeleton
  • Spondylis tertiarius: USNM 63448, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (USNM Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

Distribution: found only at Florissant (USNM Collection) (Eocene of Colorado)

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