†Sitonitellus egregius Haupt 1956 (snout beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Alternative combination: Sitonites egregius
Full reference: H. Haupt. 1956. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der eozänen Arthopodenfauna des Geiseltales. Nova Acta Leopoldina 18(128):1-89
Belongs to Sitonitellus according to A. A. Legalov 2015
See also Carpenter 1986 and Haupt 1956
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: GPIUH G55/134, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Geiseltal (GPIUH collection), which is in a Lutetian mire/swamp lignite/shale in Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Geiseltal (GPIUH collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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