A new species of Epicauta (Coleoptera: Meloidae) from the Pliocene, State of Hidalgo, Mexico

  • Santiago Zaragoza-Caballero Instituto de Biología, Departamento de Zoología, UNAM, Apartado Postal 70-153, 04510 México, D. F.
  • Patricia Velasco-de León Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, Carrera de Biología, UNAM, J.C. Bonilla, Colonia Ejército de Oriente, Iztapalapa, México, D. F.
Keywords: Coleoptera, Meloidae, new species, Pliocene, Mexico.

Abstract

An impression of Epicauta Dejean is described and illustrated from the Atotonilco El Grande Formation of Pliocene age, located in the State of Hidalgo, México. The specimen is compared with E. subneglecta Wickham  from  the  Florissant  Formation  (Eocene)  in  Colorado,  USA,  and  with Epicauta from Lake Rita Blanca (early Pleistocene) in Texas, USA.

Published
2018-06-07
Issue
Vol 20 No 2 (2003)
Section
Regular Papers

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