Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Synonyms: Alophinae Le Conte 1874, Alophini Le Conte 1874
Parent taxon: Entiminae according to A. A. Legalov and G. Poinar 2021
See also Bouchard et al. 2011, Legalov 2015, Legalov 2016, Legalov 2018, Legalov 2019 and Yunakov and Kirejtshuk 2011
Sister taxa: Anypotactini, Argoptochus incertus, Bagous atavus, Brachycerus exilis, Brachyderini, Cneorhinini, Cylydrorhinini, Cyphicerini, Entimini, Eudiagogini, Eustylini, Geonemini, Hormorini, Laccopygus, Laccopygus rhenanus, Lachnopus robustus, Laparocerini, Megarhynchaenus, Naupactus crassirostris, Oligocryptus, Ophryastini, Otiorhynchini, Otiorhynchus boettingensis, Phyllobiini, Phytonomus firmus, Polydrusini, Polydrusitae, Pristorhynchini, Scelianoma, Sciaphilini, Sciaphilus nigriscens, Sitona atavina, Sitona attavina, Sitona exitiorum, Sitones venustulus, Sitonini, Strophosomus marcelini, Syntomostylus fortis, Tanymecini, Trachyphloeini, Tychius manderstjernai, Polydrosini
Subtaxa: Catoptes Centron Coniatus refractus Cryptorhynchus durus Dyslobus Geralophus Graptus Hipporhinus brevis Lepidophorus Lepyrus evictus Limalophus Ophryastes championi Ophryastes compactus Ophryastes grandis Ophryastes petrarum Otiorhynchus subteractus Phyxelis Primocentron Rhytideres Sitona paginarum Succinalophus Tenillus Trichalophus Vitavitus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (2: Alberta, Yukon collections), New Zealand (1), the Russian Federation (3), United States (11: Alaska, Washington)
• Pliocene of the Russian Federation (1)
• Miocene of Italy (1), the Russian Federation (2), United States (1: Alaska)
• Oligocene of France (5), Germany (1)
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (1), United States (19: Colorado, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 48 collections including 88 occurrences