†Prionophyes Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal 1999 (weevil)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Brentidae
Synonym: Prionopus Dalman 1826 [replaced name]
Full reference: M. A. Alonso-Zarazaga and C. H. C. Lyal. 1999. A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (Excepting Scolytidae and Platypodidae) 1-316
Parent taxon: Nanophyini according to M. A. Alonso-Zarazaga and C. H. C. Lyal 1999
Sister taxa: Baltonanophyes, Nanophyes, Nanophyes japetus, Palaeonanophyes, Zherikhiniellus
Subtaxa: Prionophyes acanthomerus
Type: Prionopus acanthomerus
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at East Africa Copal (Stockholm coll) (Quaternary of Tanzania)
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