Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Alternative spelling: Sitonisidae
Full reference: J. Gistel. 1848. Faunula monacensis cantharologica. Isis von Oken
Parent taxon: Entiminae according to A. A. Legalov 2015
See also Bouchard et al. 2011, Theobald 1937 and Yunakov and Kirejtshuk 2011
Sister taxa: Anypotactini, Argoptochus incertus, Bagous atavus, Brachycerus exilis, Brachyderini, Cneorhinini, Cylydrorhinini, Cyphicerini, Entimini, Eudiagogini, Eustylini, Geonemini, Hormorini, Laccopygus, Laccopygus rhenanus, Lachnopus robustus, Laparocerini, Megarhynchaenus, Naupactus crassirostris, Oligocryptus, Ophryastini, Otiorhynchini, Otiorhynchus boettingensis, Phyllobiini, Phytonomus firmus, Polydrusini, Polydrusitae, Pristorhynchini, Scelianoma, Sciaphilini, Sciaphilus nigriscens, Sitona atavina, Sitona attavina, Sitona exitiorum, Sitones venustulus, Strophosomus marcelini, Syntomostylus fortis, Tanymecini, Trachyphloeini, Tropiphorini, Tychius manderstjernai, Polydrosini
Subtaxa: Sitona Sitonitellus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of France (1 collection), Greenland (1), the Russian Federation (10), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (3: Washington, Wisconsin)
• Oligocene of Germany (1)
• Eocene of Germany (1)
Total: 25 collections including 28 occurrences