Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
Alternative combination: Melolonthites avus
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1921. Some Eocene Insects from Colorado and Wyoming. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 59:29-39
Belongs to Phyllophaga according to F. T. Krell 2000
See also Cockerell 1921 and Cockerell 1925
Sister taxa: Phyllophaga disrupta, Phyllophaga extincta
Type specimen: USNM 66929, an exoskeleton (beetle missing head). Its type locality is White River (Scudder collection), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Utah.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Colorado, Utah collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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