Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Alternative combination: Leperisinus extractus
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 Hylesinus according to A. A. Legalov 2015
See also Scudder 1893, Wickham 1911, Wickham 1920 and Wood and Bright 1992
Sister taxa: Hylesinus (Hylesinus), Hylesinus crenatus, Hylesinus dormiscens, Hylesinus facilis, Hylesinus hydropicus, Hylesinus neli, Hylesinus toranio, Hylesinus varius
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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