Insecta - Coleoptera - Dytiscidae
Full reference: H. F. Wickham. 1913. Fossil Coleoptera from Florissant in the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 45(1982):283-303
Belongs to Agabus according to A. N. Nilsson 2001
See also Wickham 1913
Sister taxa: Agabus (Acatodes), Agabus (Agabus), Agabus (Gaurodytes), Agabus charon, Agabus congeneroides, Agabus corticeus, Agabus hochi, Agabus latissimus, Agabus lithax, Agabus niedzwiedzkii, Agabus parvulus, Agabus perditus, Agabus praelugens, Agabus rathbuni, Agabus reductus, Agabus reitteri, Agabus rottensis, Agabus savagei, Agabus ungeri
Type specimen: USNM 59632, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (USNM 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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