Aegialia (Psammoporus) opaca Brown 1931 (scarab beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
Alternative combination: Aegialia opaca
Full reference: W. J. Brown. 1931. Revision of the North American Aegialiinae (Coleoptera). The Canadian Entomologist 63:9-19
Belongs to Aegialia (Psammoporus) according to Z. T. Stebnicka et al. 2003
See also Brown 1931 and Elias 2014
Sister taxa: Aegialia (Psammoporus) sabuleti, Aegialia (Psammoporus) terminalis
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Ziegler Reservoir, Locality 49, Unit 16 (Quaternary of Colorado)
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