Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
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 Bledius according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2016
See also Herman 2001 and Scudder 1900
Sister taxa: Bledius adamus, Bledius arcticus, Bledius faecorum, Bledius glaciatus, Bledius littoralis, Bledius osborni, Bledius primitiarum, Bledius speciosus, Bledius suturalis, Bledius talpa
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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