Hygrotus derelictus Scudder 1900 (predaceous diving beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Dytiscidae

Alternative combination: Coelambus derelictus

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1900. Canadian fossil insects, 4. Additions to the coleopterous fauna of the interglacial clays of the Toronto district. Geological Survey of Canada Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology 2(2):67-90

Belongs to Hygrotus according to A. N. Nilsson 2001

See also Scudder 1900

Sister taxa: Hygrotus (Coelambus), Hygrotus (Hygrotus), Hygrotus (Leptolambus), Hygrotus cribrarius, Hygrotus disjectus, Hygrotus dzieduszyckii, Hygrotus ganglbaueri, Hygrotus infernalis, Hygrotus latefasciatus, Hygrotus miocenus, Hygrotus niedzwiedzkii, Hygrotus ozokeriticus, Hygrotus picipoides

Type specimen: Its type locality is Scarborough Bluffs (Coleman collection), which is in a Pleistocene lacustrine deltaic siltstone in the Scarborough Formation of Canada

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Scarborough Bluffs (Coleman collection)

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