Petrimordella nearctica Wickham 1914

Insecta - Coleoptera - Mordellidae

Alternative combination: Mordellistena nearctica

Full reference: H. F. Wickham. 1914. Twenty new Coleoptera from the Florissant Shales. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 40:257-270

Belongs to Petrimordella according to J. Batelka et al. 2023

See also Wickham 1914

Sister taxa: Petrimordella indata, Petrimordella inundata, Petrimordella lapidicola, Petrimordella nigrapilosa, Petrimordella oligocenica, Petrimordella priscula, Petrimordella protogaea, Petrimordella rasnitsyni, Petrimordella scudderiana, Petrimordella smithiana, Petrimordella stygia

Type specimen: Its type locality is Wilson Ranch, Florissant, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large horizon in the Florissant Formation of Colorado

Distribution: found only at Wilson Ranch, Florissant

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