Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Alternative combination: Hylobius morosus
Synonym: Liparus primaevus Giebel 1856 [objective synonym]
Full reference: O. Heer. 1856. Ueber die fossilen Insekten von Aix in der Provence. Vierteljahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich 1:1-40
Belongs to Curculionites according to A. A. Legalov 2015
See also Giebel 1856, Handlirsch 1907, Heer 1856 and Oustalet 1874
Sister taxa: Curculionites angustior, Curculionites brenthiformis, Curculionites epistictus, Curculionites eustictus, Curculionites harringtoni, Curculionites hylobioides, Curculionites jujuyensis, Curculionites latiusculus, Curculionites magdalinus, Curculionites marginatus, Curculionites megastictus, Curculionites microstictus, Curculionites northropi, Curculionites optimus, Curculionites ovatus, Curculionites parastictus, Curculionites parvulus, Curculionites punctillatus, Curculionites redtenbacheri, Curculionites shareipoffi, Curculionites silesiacus, Curculionites stebingeri, Curculionites sunchalicus, Curculionites vulpinus, Curculionites wielandi
Type specimens:
- Curculionites morosus: Its type locality is Aix-en-Provence (Murchison collection), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - large limestone in the Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation of France
- Liparus primaevus: Its type locality is Aix-en-Provence (Murchison collection), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - large limestone in the Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation of France.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Oligocene of France (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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