Insecta - Coleoptera - Coccinellidae
Full reference: H. F. Wickham. 1913. The Princeton collection of fossil beetles from Florissant. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 6:359-366
Belongs to Coccinella according to H. F. Wickham 1913
Sister taxa: Coccinella (Coccinella), Coccinella (Spilota), Coccinella amabilis, Coccinella andromeda, Coccinella antiqua, Coccinella bituminosa, Coccinella colorata, Coccinella florissantensis, Coccinella fossilis, Coccinella heeri, Coccinella hesione, Coccinella krantzi, Coccinella perses, Coccinella ponomarenkoi, Coccinella prisca
Type specimen: PU 6561, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (former Princeton collection), which is in an Eocene lacustrine - large shale/volcaniclastic in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Florissant (former Princeton collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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