Insecta - Coleoptera - Obrieniidae
Full reference: V. V. Zherikhin and V. G. Gratshev. 1993. Obrieniidae, fam. nov., the oldest Mesozoic weevils (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea). Paleontological Journal 27(1A):50-68
Parent taxon: Curculionoidea according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2022
See also Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal 1999, Bouchard et al. 2011 and Zherikhin and Gratshev 1993
Sister taxa: Akulosamphus, Anthribidae, Apionidae, Attelabidae, Belidae, Brenthidae, Brentidae, Caridae, Cimberididae, Curculionidae, Erirhinidae, Loricera glacialis, Mesophyletidae, Nemonychidae, Ulyanidae
Subtaxa: Kararhynchinae Obrieniinae Pseudobrieniinae
Type: Obrienia
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Kazakhstan (8 collections)
• Triassic of Kazakhstan (1), Kyrgyzstan (5), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 15 collections including 19 occurrences