Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1921. Some Eocene Insects from Colorado and Wyoming. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 59:29-39

Belongs to Melolonthites according to T. D. A. Cockerell 1925

Sister taxa: Melolonthites aciculata, Melolonthites deperdita, Melolonthites kollari, Melolonthites lavateri, Melolonthites obsoleta, Melolonthites parschlugiana

Type specimen: USNM 66929, an exoskeleton (beetle missing head). Its type locality is White River (Scudder collection), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Utah.

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Average measurements (in mm): body length 12.2