Arachnida - Ricinulei - Curculioididae
Alternative combinations: Curculioides sulcatus, Kustarachne sulcata
Full reference: A. L. Melander. 1903. Some additions to the Carboniferous terrestrial arthropod fauna of Illinois. Journal of Geology 11(2):178-198
Belongs to Amarixys according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also Melander 1903, Petrunkevitch 1913, Petrunkevitch 1949, Petrunkevitch 1953 and Selden 1992
Sister taxa: Amarixys gracilis, Amarixys stellaris
Type specimen: FMNH UC 9235, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Mazon Creek (FMNH Gurley collection), which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Mazon Creek (FMNH Gurley collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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