Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Alternative combinations: Cytilus dormiscens, Hylesinus dromiscens, Leperisinus dormiscens
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 Hylesinus according to S. L. Wood and D. E. Bright 1992
See also Handlirsch 1907, Scudder 1900 and Wickham 1920
Sister taxa: Hylesinus (Hylesinus), Hylesinus crenatus, Hylesinus extractus, Hylesinus facilis, Hylesinus hydropicus, Hylesinus neli, Hylesinus toranio, Hylesinus varius
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: found only at Florissant (MCZ Collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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