''Profidia'' is an

extinct Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...

genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It contains only one species, ''Profidia nitida''. It is known from Oligo- Miocene amber found near Simojovel in

Chiapas Chiapas (; Tzotzil language, Tzotzil and Tzeltal language, Tzeltal: ''Chyapas'' ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas), is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, ...

, Mexico. The species was described by American entomologist

Judson Linsley Gressitt Judson Linsley Gressitt (16 June 1914 – 26 April 1982) was an American entomologist and naturalist who worked in Japan and China. He worked mainly on beetle diversity in Southeast Asia and in applied areas, particularly medical entomology, and w ...

in 1963, using a single specimen (UCMP 12630) from the collections of the University of California Museum of Paleontology in Berkeley, California.

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University of California Museum of Paleontology Specimen 12630

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Fossil beetle genera Mexican amber Oligocene insects of North America Miocene insects of North America Monotypic prehistoric insect genera Species known from a single specimen {{paleo-beetle-stub