Tenebrio primigenius

Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Tenebrionoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Tenebrionidae
Subfamilia: Tenebrioninae
Tribus: Tenebrionini
Genus: Tenebrio
Subgenus: incertae sedis
Species: †T. primigenius
Name
- †Tenebrio primigenius Scudder, 1879
Type locality
- Early Eocene, Ypresian; Eocene Okanagan Highlands; Allenby Formation, Princeton Group; Whipsaw Creek (Nine mile Creek), near Princeton, British Columbia, Canada
Type material
- Holotype:GSC 63
- Repository: Geological Survey of Canada collections, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Collector:George Mercer Dawson, 1877
- Repository: Geological Survey of Canada collections, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Etymology
- None given
References
Primary references
- Scudder, S. H (1879). Appendix A. The fossil insects collected in 1877, by Mr. G.M. Dawson, in the interior of British Columbia. Geological Survey of Canada, Report of Progress for 1877–1878. pp. 175–185.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Nabozhenko, M. V. 2019. The fossil record of darkling beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Geosciences 9(12): 514. doi:10.3390/geosciences9120514.
Links
- Tenebrio primigenius – Taxon details on Paleobiology Database.