Coniontis elliptica Casey 1884 (darkling beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Tenebrionidae
Full reference: T. L. Casey. 1884. Contributions to the Descriptive and Systematic Coleopterology of North America. Part I 1-60
Belongs to Coniontis according to Y. Bousquet et al. 2018
See also Casey 1884, Doyen and Miller 1980, Grinnell 1908 and Pierce 1954
Sister taxa: Coniontis abdominalis, Coniontis lamentabilis, Coniontis pectoralis, Coniontis puncticollis, Coniontis remnans, Coniontis robusta
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (5: California collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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