Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Synonym: Eucryptus Scudder 1893 [replaced name]
Full reference: F. M. Carpenter. 1986. Substitute names for some extinct genera of fossil insects. Psyche 92:575-582
Parent taxon: Entiminae according to A. A. Legalov 2018
See also Carpenter 1986, Legalov 2015, Scudder 1893 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, 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, Tropiphorini, Tychius manderstjernai, Polydrosini
Subtaxa: Oligocryptus sectus
Type: Eucryptus sectus
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Florissant (MCZ Collection) (Eocene of Colorado)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.