Figure 1: Examples of mis-identified Fossil Coleoptera

Comparison of fossil specimens identified by S.H. Scudder, with other fossil material. All of the specimens are approximately 3 mm in length.

(A) Partially fused elytra of Dyschirius cf. globulosus Say from Two Creeks, Wisconsin, about 11,800 years B.P. (Before Present).
(B) Single (left) elytron of Dyschirius, also from Two Creeks, Wisconsin (Morgan and Morgan, 1979).
(C) Single elytron identified by Scudder as "Helophorus rigescens!!" The specimen is hand-labelled (by Scudder?). "Clay beds near Cleveland, Ohio" and numbered 14,505. Unfortunately the specimen is not an Helophorus species; indeed, it does not even belong to the family Hydrophilidae. The specimen is a member of the Carabidae (genus Dyschirius); specific determination is impossible.
(D) A left elytron, once again identifed and labelled (by Scudder?) as "Loricera? lutosa! (det. Sc.) Scarboro "; and on a second label "Clay beds Scarboro Ca." and numbered 14,559. (In this case the Ca refers to Canada and not California!). Although this was identified as a member of the family Carabidae, it is definitely a member of the Scarabaeidae, almost certainly of the genus Aegialia, and is, most probably, Aegialia lacustris LeC.
(E) Single (right) elytron of Aegialia lacustris from Two Creeks, Wisconsin.

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