Paonaupactus microphthalmus Zherikhin 1971

Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

Alternative combination: Protonaupactus microphthalmus

Full reference: V. V. Zherikhin. 1971. O dolgonosikakh (Insecta, Coleoptera) baltiyskogo yantarya. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 130:197-209

Belongs to Paonaupactus according to A. A. Legalov and G. Poinar 2021

See also Legalov 2015, Legalov 2019 and Zherikhin 1971

Sister taxa: Paonaupactus gracilis, Paonaupactus katyae, Paonaupactus sitonioides, Paonaupactus sobrinus, Paonaupactus viridis

Type specimen: PIN 964/2, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Yantarnyi village (PIN collection 964), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Yantarnyi village (PIN collection 964)

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