Prometopia depilis Scudder 1877 (sap beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Nitidulidae

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1877. The insects of the Tertiary beds at Quesnel (British Colombia). Report of Progress of the Geological Survey of Canada 1875-1876 266-280

Belongs to Prometopia according to S. H. Scudder 1900

See also Scudder 1877, Scudder 1890 and Scudder 1895

Sister taxon: Prometopia (Prometopia)

Type specimen: GSC 24, an exoskeleton (beetle missing head and thorax broken). Its type locality is Quesnel, which is in a Priabonian lacustrine shale in the Australian Creek Formation of Canada.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Quesnel

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