†Orchestes avus Scudder 1900 (snout beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1900. Canadian fossil insects, 4. Additions to the coleopterous fauna of the interglacial clays of the Toronto district. Geological Survey of Canada Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology 2(2):67-90
Belongs to Orchestes according to A. A. Legalov 2015
See also Scudder 1900
Sister taxa: Orchestes languidulus, Orchestes pallicornis, Orchestes tatjanae
Type specimen: Its type locality is Logan's Brickyard, Toronto, which is in a Pleistocene lacustrine deltaic siltstone in the Scarborough Formation of Canada
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Logan's Brickyard, Toronto
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