†Isothea alleni Scudder 1893 (tooth-nosed snout weevil)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Attelabidae

Synonym: Trypanorhynchus corruptivus Scudder 1893

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1893. Tertiary Rhynchophorous Coleoptera of the United States. Monographs of the United States Geological Survey 21:1-206

Belongs to Isothea according to A. A. Legalov 2015

See also Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal 1999, Legalov 2013, Poinar and Legalov 2015 and Scudder 1893

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Isothea alleni: MCZ 1058, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
  • Trypanorhynchus corruptivus: Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (3: Colorado collections)

Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences

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