Hydrobius prisconatator Wickham 1911 (water scavenger beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae

Full reference: H. F. Wickham. 1911. Fossil Coleoptera from Florissant, with descriptions of several new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 30:53-69

Belongs to Hydrobius according to H. F. Wickham 1913

See also Wickham 1911

Sister taxa: Hydrobius confixus, Hydrobius convexus, Hydrobius couloni, Hydrobius decineratus, Hydrobius fuscipes, Hydrobius longicollis, Hydrobius maceratus, Hydrobius titan

Type specimen: Its type locality is Florissant, Station 14, 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

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