Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Alternative combination: Boletobius stygis
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1900. Adephagous and clavicorn Coleoptera from the Tertiary deposits at Florissant, Colorado with descriptions of a few other forms and a systematic list of the non-rhynchophorus Tertiary Coleoptera of North America. Monographs of the United States Geological Survey 40:1-148
Belongs to Lordithon according to S. Yamamoto 2021
See also Herman 2001, Schülke 2000 and Scudder 1900
Sister taxa: Lordithon durabilis, Lordithon funditus, Lordithon longiceps, Lordithon lyelli
Type specimen: Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ 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
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