Insecta - Coleoptera - Attelabidae
Alternative combinations: Docirhynchus culex, Pseudomesauletes culex
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1893. Tertiary Rhynchophorous Coleoptera of the United States. Monographs of the United States Geological Survey 21:1-206
Belongs to Pseudomesauletes (Pseudomesauletes) according to A. Bukejs and A. A. Legalov 2019
See also Legalov 2015, Poinar and Legalov 2015, Scudder 1893 and Wickham 1911
Sister taxa: Pseudomesauletes (Pseudomesauletes) groehni, Pseudomesauletes (Pseudomesauletes) ibis, Pseudomesauletes (Pseudomesauletes) lobanovi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (4: Colorado collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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