Ampliceps tenuirostris Arnoldi 1977 (pine flower snout beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Nemonychidae

Alternative combination: Scelocamptus tenuirostris

Synonym: Scelocamptus curvipes Arnoldi 1977

Full reference: L. V. Arnoldi. 1977. Rhynchopora, in Mezozoiskie zhestkokryiye. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 161:142-176

Belongs to Ampliceps according to A. A. Legalov 2015

See also Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal 1999, Arnoldi 1977, Gratshev and Legalov 2014, Legalov 2010 and Legalov 2012

Sister taxa: Ampliceps dentitibia, Ampliceps dubius, Ampliceps furcitibia, Ampliceps zimmermanni

Type specimens:

  • Ampliceps tenuirostris: PIN 2554/732, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2554), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.
  • Scelocamptus curvipes: PIN 2384/512, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2384), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Kazakhstan (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences

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