Attagenus sopitus Scudder 1900 (skin beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Dermestidae

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 Attagenus according to S. H. Scudder 1900

Sister taxa: Attagenus (Attagenus), Attagenus aboriginalis, Attagenus ambericus, Attagenus balticus, Attagenus coziki, Attagenus electron, Attagenus extinctus, Attagenus hoffeinsorum, Attagenus lundi, Attagenus obesus, Attagenus secundus, Attagenus yantarnyi

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: found only at Florissant (MCZ Collection)

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