†Rhysosternum longirostre Scudder 1893 (snout beetle)
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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 Rhysosternum according to A. A. Legalov 2015
See also Scudder 1893 and Wickham 1913
Sister taxa: Rhysosternum aeternabile, Rhysosternum punctatolineatum
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 (3: Colorado collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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