Hydrobius confixus Scudder 1890 (water scavenger beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1890. The Tertiary Insects of North America. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories XIII:1-734

Belongs to Hydrobius according to S. H. Scudder 1900

See also Scudder 1890

Sister taxa: Hydrobius convexus, Hydrobius couloni, Hydrobius decineratus, Hydrobius fuscipes, Hydrobius longicollis, Hydrobius maceratus, Hydrobius prisconatator, Hydrobius titan

Type specimen: Packard 79, an elytra. 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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