Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1893. Tertiary Rhynchophorous Coleoptera of the United States. Monographs of the United States Geological Survey 21:1-206
Belongs to Otiorhynchites according to A. A. Legalov 2015
See also Scudder 1893
Sister taxa: Otiorhynchites aberranis, Otiorhynchites aterrimus, Otiorhynchites commutatus, Otiorhynchites constans, Otiorhynchites crassus, Otiorhynchites densepunctatus, Otiorhynchites florissantensis, Otiorhynchites fossilis, Otiorhynchites tysoni, Otiorhynchites wilcoxianus, Otiorhynchites williamsi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Florissant (USGS collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale/volcaniclastic in the Florissant Formation of Colorado
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Florissant (USGS collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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