Distenorrhinus (Parabrenthorrhinus) xavieri Zherikhin and Gratshev 2003 (pine flower snout beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Nemonychidae

Alternative combination: Distenorrhinus xavieri

Full reference: V. V. Zherikhin and V. G. Gratshev. 2003. A new weevil-beetle (Insecta, Coleoptera, Nemonychidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain. Paleontological Journal 37:407-408

Belongs to Distenorrhinus (Parabrenthorrhinus) according to A. A. Legalov 2015

See also Gratshev and Legalov 2014, Legalov 2012 and Zherikhin and Gratshev 2003

Sister taxon: Distenorrhinus (Parabrenthorrhinus) sinuatipes

Type specimen: LH-17330, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Las Hoyas (MCCM collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large limestone/packstone in the La Huérguina Formation of Spain.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Las Hoyas (MCCM collection)

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