Insecta - Coleoptera - Tenebrionidae
Alternative combinations: Parasida mckittricki, Stenomorpha mckittricki
Full reference: W. D. Pierce. 1954. Fossil arthropods of California no. 18. The Tenebrionidae-Tentyriinae of the asphalt deposits. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 53:35-45
Belongs to Stenomorpha (Stenomorpha) according to Y. Bousquet et al. 2018
See also Doyen and Miller 1980 and Pierce 1954
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: LACM S9058, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is McKittrick asphalt, site 4 (LACMIP 260), 4 feet depth, which is in a Holocene tar tar in California.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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