Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

Synonym: Platyomida White 1846

Parent taxon: Tropiphorini according to M. A. Alonso-Zarazaga and C. H. C. Lyal 1999

Sister taxa: Centron, Coniatus refractus, Cryptorhynchus durus, Dyslobus, Geralophus, Hipporhinus brevis, Lepyrus evictus, Limalophus, Ophryastes championi, Ophryastes compactus, Ophryastes grandis, Ophryastes petrarum, Otiorhynchus subteractus, Phyxelis, Primocentron, Rhytideres, Sitona paginarum, Succinalophus, Tenillus, Vitavitus, Lepidophorus, Trichalophus, Graptus

Subtaxa: Catoptes binodis

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Fred Cave Catchment, F1c cave, layer 4, Waitomo (Quaternary of New Zealand)

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