Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

Alternative combination: Hylesinus (Hylesinus) neli

Full reference: A. V. Petrov and V. V. Zherikhin. 2004. A new species of bark beetles of the genus Hylesinus (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scolytidae) from the Oligocene of France. Paleontological Journal 38:187-189

Belongs to Hylesinus according to A. A. Legalov 2015

See also Petrov and Zherikhin 2004

Sister taxa: Hylesinus (Hylesinus), Hylesinus crenatus, Hylesinus dormiscens, Hylesinus extractus, Hylesinus facilis, Hylesinus hydropicus, Hylesinus toranio, Hylesinus varius

Type specimen: MNHN-LP-R.55233, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Aix-en-Provence (Coll. Nel), 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 (Coll. Nel)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.