Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Alternative combinations: Centrinus vulcanicus, Dorytomus vulcanicus
Full reference: H. F. Wickham. 1912. On some fossil rhynchophorous Coleoptera from Florissant, Colorado. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 31(4):41-55
Belongs to Geraeus according to A. A. Legalov 2018
See also Legalov 2015, Wickham 1912 and Wickham 1913
Sister taxa: Geraeus antediluviana, Geraeus anvilis, Geraeus diruptus, Geraeus fossilis, Geraeus hoveyi, Geraeus hypogaeus, Geraeus matura, Geraeus obnuptus, Geraeus schucherti
Type specimen: Its type locality is Florissant, Station 17, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Colorado collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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