Hydrobius titan Wickham 1913 (water scavenger beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae

Full reference: H. F. Wickham. 1913. Fossil Coleoptera from the Wilson Ranch near Florissant, Colorado. Bulletins from the Laboratory of Natural History of the State University of Iowa 6(4):3-29

Belongs to Hydrobius according to H. F. Wickham 1914

See also Wickham 1913

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Wilson Ranch, Florissant, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large horizon in the Florissant Formation of Colorado

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (2: Colorado collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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