Lithogeraeus primalis Wickham 1917

Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

Alternative combination: Baris primalis

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 Lithogeraeus according to A. A. Legalov 2018

See also Legalov 2015 and Wickham 1917

Sister taxa: Lithogeraeus anicilla, Lithogeraeus circumscripta, Lithogeraeus comminuta, Lithogeraeus cremastorhynchoides, Lithogeraeus damnata, Lithogeraeus florissantensis, Lithogeraeus greenriverensis, Lithogeraeus nearctica, Lithogeraeus renovata

Type specimen: USNM 63453, 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)

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