Prionophyes Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal 1999 (weevil)

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

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Type: Prionopus acanthomerus

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at East Africa Copal (Stockholm coll) (Quaternary of Tanzania)

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