Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Full reference: V. V. Zherikhin. 2000. Tertiary brachycerid weevils (Coleoptera: Brachycerida) from the collections of Muséum Nationale d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, with a review of other fossil Brachyceridae. Paleontological Journal 34(Suppl 3):S333-S343
Belongs to Sitophilus according to A. A. Legalov 2015
See also Zherikhin 2000
Sister taxon: Sitophilus linearis
Type specimen: MNHN IPM-R.55221, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Montagne d'Andance, Saint-Bauzile, Privas (MNHN collection), which is in a Turolian crater lake diatomite/volcaniclastic in France.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Montagne d'Andance, Saint-Bauzile, Privas (MNHN collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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