Abrocar brachyorhinos Liu and Ren 2006 (weevil)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Caridae

Full reference: M. Liu and D. Ren. 2006. First fossil Eccoptarthridae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) from the Mesozoic of China. Zootaxa 1176:59-68

Belongs to Abrocar according to A. A. Legalov 2015

See also Davis et al. 2013, Legalov 2010, Legalov 2012 and Liu and Ren 2006

Sister taxa: Abrocar concavus, Abrocar macilentus, Abrocar relicinus

Type specimen: CNU-C-LB2005105, 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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