†Dascillus latahensis Lewis 1973 (soft bodied plant beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Dascillidae
Full reference: S. E. Lewis. 1973. A new species of fossil beetle (Coleoptera: Dascillidae) from the Latah Formation (Miocene) of eastern Washington. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 66:697
Belongs to Dascillus according to S. E. Lewis 1973
See also Clapham 2023
Sister taxa: Dascillus cervinus, Dascillus elongatus, Dascillus flatus, Dascillus musculus, Dascillus relictus, Dascillus shandongianus, Dascyllus lithographicus
Type specimen: UCM BP 19, a hindwing. Its type locality is Brick Pit, Spokane, which is in a Langhian lacustrine - small mudstone in the Latah Formation of Washington.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Brick Pit, Spokane
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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