†Echinocnemus qetura Grachev 2008 (snout beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Full reference: V. G. Grachev. 2008. Family Curculionidae Latreille, 1802. Plant-Arthropod interactions in the early angiosperm history: evidence from the Cretaceous of Israel 196-198
Belongs to Echinocnemus according to A. A. Legalov 2015
See also Grachev 2008
Sister taxon: Echinocnemus gerofiticus
Type specimen: PIN 5067/2, an elytra. Its type locality is Qetura (PIN collection 5067), which is in a Turonian lagoonal shale in the Ora Formation of Israel.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Qetura (PIN collection 5067)
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