Toxorhynchus florissantensis Wickham 1916 (weevil)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Brentidae

Alternative combination: Apion florissantensis

Full reference: H. F. Wickham. 1916. New fossil Coleoptera from the Florissant beds. Bulletins from the Laboratory of Natural History of the State University of Iowa 7(3):3-20

Belongs to Toxorhynchus according to A. A. Legalov 2015

See also Wickham 1916

Sister taxa: Toxorhynchus amphioculus, Toxorhynchus arctus, Toxorhynchus atriantenus, Toxorhynchus atriartus, Toxorhynchus confectum, Toxorhynchus convexoculus, Toxorhynchus convexus, Toxorhynchus corruptus, Toxorhynchus dominicanus, Toxorhynchus europeoeocenicus, Toxorhynchus fuscocorpus, Toxorhynchus grandis, Toxorhynchus hispaniolicus, Toxorhynchus hispidulus, Toxorhynchus leptorhinus, Toxorhynchus michalskii, Toxorhynchus microsomus, Toxorhynchus minusculus, Toxorhynchus oculatus, Toxorhynchus pumilum, Toxorhynchus refrenatum, Toxorhynchus reventus, Toxorhynchus robustus, Toxorhynchus scudderianum, Toxorhynchus stenelytrus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Wilson Ranch, Florissant, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large horizon in the Florissant Formation of Colorado

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Wilson Ranch, Florissant

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