Chinocimberis magnoculi Liu et al. 2006 (weevil)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cimberididae

Alternative combination: Brenthorrhinoides magnoculi

Full reference: M. Liu, D. Ren, and J. J. Tan. 2006. New fossil weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Nemonychidae) from the Jehol biota of western Liaoning, China. Annales Zoologici 56:605-612

Belongs to Chinocimberis according to A. A. Legalov 2015

See also Davis et al. 2013, Gratshev and Legalov 2014, Legalov 2009, Legalov 2010 and Legalov 2012

Sister taxa: Chinocimberis angustipecteris, Chinocimberis dispersus, Chinocimberis longidigitatus

Type specimen: CNU-C-LB2005107/8, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Huangbanjigou, Chaomidian Village, CNU 2005 collection, which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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