Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
Full reference: H. F. Wickham. 1929. Coleoptera from the lower Eocene (Wilcox) clays. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 19:148-150
Belongs to Melolonthites according to H. F. Wickham 1929
Sister taxa: Melolonthites aciculatus, Melolonthites deperdita, Melolonthites interemtus, Melolonthites kollari, Melolonthites laterosinuatus, Melolonthites lavateri, Melolonthites obsoleta, Melolonthites parschlugiana
Type specimen: USNM 80475, an elytra. Its type locality is Holcomb Property, Henry County, which is in a Bartonian pond claystone in the Cockfield Formation of Tennessee.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Tennessee collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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