Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1900. Adephagous and clavicorn Coleoptera from the Tertiary deposits at Florissant, Colorado with descriptions of a few other forms and a systematic list of the non-rhynchophorus Tertiary Coleoptera of North America. Monographs of the United States Geological Survey 40:1-148
Belongs to Pterostichus according to H. F. Wickham 1910
See also Scudder 1900
Sister taxa: Pterostichus (Argutor), Pterostichus (Bothriopterus), Pterostichus (Cryobius), Pterostichus (Eosteropus), Pterostichus (Hypherpes), Pterostichus (Lamenius), Pterostichus (Lenapterus), Pterostichus (Leptoferonia), Pterostichus (Melanius), Pterostichus (Metallophilus), Pterostichus (Phonias), Pterostichus (Pseudomaseus), Pterostichus (Steropus), Pterostichus abnormis, Pterostichus abrogatus, Pterostichus cancellatus, Pterostichus costatus, Pterostichus depletus, Pterostichus destitutus, Pterostichus destructus, Pterostichus distinctus, Pterostichus dormitans, Pterostichus fernquisti, Pterostichus fractus, Pterostichus gelidus, Pterostichus gracilis, Pterostichus gurnetensis, Pterostichus laevigatus, Pterostichus melanarius, Pterostichus minor, Pterostichus minutulus, Pterostichus molestus, Pterostichus niger, Pterostichus nigrita, Pterostichus parens, Pterostichus strenuus, Pterostichus stygicus, Pterostichus sublaevis, Pterostichus tundrae, Pterostichus vernalis, Pterostichus vetustus, Pterostichus walcotti
Type specimen: Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Colorado collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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