Chrysomelites alaskanus Heer 1869 (leaf beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae

Full reference: O. Heer. 1869. Flora fossilis Alaskana. Fossile flora von Alaska. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, Ny Följd 8(4):1-41

Belongs to Chrysomelites according to S. H. Scudder 1900

See also Heer 1869

Sister taxa: Chrysomelites allochlamys, Chrysomelites azureus, Chrysomelites bartonicus, Chrysomelites bisornatus, Chrysomelites cupreus, Chrysomelites danielis, Chrysomelites fabricii, Chrysomelites foveolatus, Chrysomelites prodromus, Chrysomelites quadrilineatus

Type specimen: Its type locality is English Bay (Coal Cove), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian fluvial siltstone in the Tyonek Formation of Alaska

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at English Bay (Coal Cove)

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