Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

Alternative combination: Otiorrhynchites densepunctatus

Full reference: H. Haupt. 1956. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der eozänen Arthopodenfauna des Geiseltales. Nova Acta Leopoldina 18(128):1-89

Belongs to Otiorhynchites according to A. A. Legalov 2015

See also Haupt 1956

Sister taxa: Otiorhynchites aberranis, Otiorhynchites absentivus, Otiorhynchites aterrimus, Otiorhynchites commutatus, Otiorhynchites constans, Otiorhynchites crassus, Otiorhynchites florissantensis, Otiorhynchites fossilis, Otiorhynchites tysoni, Otiorhynchites wilcoxianus, Otiorhynchites williamsi

Type specimen: GPIUH G55/135, an elytra. Its type locality is Geiseltal (GPIUH collection), which is in a Lutetian mire/swamp lignite/shale in Germany.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Geiseltal (GPIUH collection)

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