Catoptes Schoenherr 1842 (snout beetle)
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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, Graptus, Lepidophorus, Trichalophus
Subtaxa: Catoptes binodis
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Fred Cave Catchment, F1c cave, layer 4, Waitomo (Quaternary of New Zealand)
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