Eccoptarthrus crassipes Arnoldi 1977 (pine flower snout beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Nemonychidae

Synonyms: Eccoptarthrus crassicornis Gratshev and Zherikhin 1995, Pseudobrenthorrhinus crassicornis Gratshev and Zherikhin 1995

Full reference: L. V. Arnoldi. 1977. Rhynchopora, in Mezozoiskie zhestkokryiye. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 161:142-176

Belongs to Eccoptarthrus according to A. A. Legalov 2015

See also Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal 1999, Arnoldi 1977, Gratshev and Legalov 2014, Gratshev and Zherikhin 1995, Legalov 2010 and Legalov 2012

Sister taxa: Eccoptarthrus magnus, Eccoptarthrus tenuicornis

Type specimens:

  • Eccoptarthrus crassipes: PIN 2239/1507, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2239), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.
  • Pseudobrenthorrhinus crassicornis: PIN 2384/537, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2384), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Kazakhstan (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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