Curculionites morosus Heer 1856 (snout beetle)

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

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Distribution:

• Oligocene of France (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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