Geraeus hypogaeus Wickham 1916 (snout beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

Alternative combination: Centrinus hypogaeus

Full reference: H. F. Wickham. 1916. New fossil Coleoptera from the Florissant beds. Bulletins from the Laboratory of Natural History of the State University of Iowa 7(3):3-20

Belongs to Geraeus according to A. A. Legalov 2018

See also Legalov 2015 and Wickham 1916

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Wilson Ranch, Florissant, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large horizon in the Florissant Formation of Colorado

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Wilson Ranch, Florissant

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