Rhyncolus sitoniformis Zherikhin 1992 (snout beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

Alternative combination: Rhyncolus sitonifrons

Full reference: V. V. Zherikhin. 1992. Tertiary weevils (Insecta, Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), identified from collections of the Senckenberg Museum. Senckenbergiana Lethaea 72:169-178

Belongs to Rhyncolus according to A. A. Legalov 2015

See also Zherikhin 1992

Sister taxa: Rhyncolus brunneus, Rhyncolus chloropus, Rhyncolus kathrynae, Rhyncolus punctatulus

Type specimen: SMF VI 95, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Aix-en-Provence (SMF Coll), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - large limestone in the Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation of France.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Aix-en-Provence (SMF Coll)

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