Rancho La Brea Fossil Indicates Native Nearctic Status for Necrobia violacea (Linnaeus) (Coleoptera: Cleridae), a Species Previously Considered a Synanthropic Introduction to North America

Anna R. Holden; Maxwell V. L. Barclay; Robert B. Angus

doi:10.1649/0010-065X-72.3.558

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Anna R. Holden,¹ Maxwell V. L. Barclay,² Robert B. Angus²

¹Richard Gilder Graduate School, Division of Invertebrate Zoology American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street New York, NY 10024, USA
²Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK

Abstract

The cosmopolitan beetle Necrobia violacea (Linnaeus) (Cleridae), formerly thought adventive in the New World through European trade, is reported from a sealed assemblage within the skull of a western camel (Camelops hesternus Leidy, Camelidae) from the famous Rancho La Brea Tar Pits in southern California and radiocarbon dated to approximately 44,000 years ago. The biogeographical significance of this find is discussed in the context of other pre-Columbian records of members of the genus Necrobia Olivier.

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Anna R. Holden, Maxwell V. L. Barclay, and Robert B. Angus "Rancho La Brea Fossil Indicates Native Nearctic Status for Necrobia violacea (Linnaeus) (Coleoptera: Cleridae), a Species Previously Considered a Synanthropic Introduction to North America," The Coleopterists Bulletin 72(3), 558-561, (20 September 2018). https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-72.3.558

Received: 17 December 2017; Accepted: 8 July 2018; Published: 20 September 2018

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