Alternative combination: Curculionites tuberculatus
Full reference: C. G. Giebel. 1856. Die Insecten und Spinnen der Vorwelt mit steter Berücksichtigung der lebenden Insekten und Spinnen. Die Fauna der Vorwelt 2:1-511
Belongs to Zygadenia according to O. D. Strelnikova and E. V. Yan 2023
See also Giebel 1856, Handlirsch 1906, Jarzembowski et al. 2015, Kirejtshuk 2020, Ponomarenko 2006 and Strelnikova and Yan 2023
Sister taxa: Zygadenia alexrasnitsyni, Zygadenia angliae, Zygadenia cornigera, Zygadenia floodpagei, Zygadenia giebeli, Zygadenia handlirschi, Zygadenia liui, Zygadenia martinae, Zygadenia semen, Zygadenia sibirica, Zygadenia simpsoni, Zygadenia sinitzae, Zygadenia westraliensis
Type specimen: NHM, In. 11959, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Durlston Bay, Lower Purbeck, Swanage (Brodie coll.), which is in a Berriasian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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