Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Synonym: Evotini LeConte 1874
Parent taxon: Entiminae according to C. Germann et al. 2015
See also Bouchard et al. 2011, Theobald 1937 and Yunakov and Kirejtshuk 2011
Sister taxa: Anypotactini, Argoptochus incertus, Bagous atavus, Brachycerus exilis, Brachyderini, Cneorhinini, Cylydrorhinini, Cyphicerini, Entimini, Eudiagogini, Eustylini, Geonemini, Hormorini, Laccopygus, Laccopygus rhenanus, Lachnopus robustus, Laparocerini, Megarhynchaenus, Naupactus crassirostris, Oligocryptus, Ophryastini, Otiorhynchini, Otiorhynchus boettingensis, Phytonomus firmus, Polydrusini, Polydrusitae, Pristorhynchini, Scelianoma, Sciaphilini, Sciaphilus nigriscens, Sitona atavina, Sitona attavina, Sitona exitiorum, Sitones venustulus, Sitonini, Strophosomus marcelini, Syntomostylus fortis, Tanymecini, Trachyphloeini, Tropiphorini, Tychius manderstjernai, Polydrosini
Subtaxa: Argoptochus Phyllobius
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greenland (1 collection), the Russian Federation (38), the United Kingdom (7)
• Oligocene of France (2)
Total: 48 collections including 53 occurrences