Geraeus diruptus Scudder 1893 (snout beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

Alternative combination: Centrinus diruptus

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1893. Tertiary Rhynchophorous Coleoptera of the United States. Monographs of the United States Geological Survey 21:1-206

Belongs to Geraeus according to A. A. Legalov 2018

See also Legalov 2015 and Scudder 1893

Sister taxa: Geraeus antediluviana, Geraeus anvilis, Geraeus fossilis, Geraeus hoveyi, Geraeus hypogaeus, Geraeus matura, Geraeus obnuptus, Geraeus schucherti, Geraeus vulcanicus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Green River (Packard Collection), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large diatomite/shale in the Green River Formation of Wyoming

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Green River (Packard Collection)

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