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Astenorrhinus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Nemonychidae

Taxonomy

Distenorrhinus (Astenorrhinus) was named by Gratshev and Zherikhin (1995).

It was reranked as Astenorrhinus by Legalov (2012), Gratshev and Legalov (2014), Legalov (2015), Legalov (2025).

It was assigned to Distenorrhinus by Gratshev and Zherikhin (1995), Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal (1999), Legalov (2009); and to Eccoptarthrini by Legalov (2012), Gratshev and Legalov (2014), Legalov (2015), Legalov (2025).

Subtaxa

A. elongatus (syn. Eccoptarthroides longirostris), A. major (syn. Eccoptarthroides ponomarenkoi), A. martynovi (syn. Eccoptarthroides nikitskyi)

Synonyms

Eccoptarthroides was named by Legalov (2010).

It was synonymized subjectively with Astenorrhinus by Gratshev and Legalov (2014), Legalov (2015), Legalov (2025).

It was assigned to Eccoptarthrinae by Legalov (2010), Legalov (2011).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1995	Distenorrhinus (Astenorrhinus) Gratshev and Zherikhin p. 109
1999	Distenorrhinus (Astenorrhinus) Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal p. 39
2009	Distenorrhinus (Astenorrhinus) Legalov p. 210
2010	Eccoptarthroides Legalov p. 171
2011	Eccoptarthroides Legalov p. 66
2012	Astenorrhinus Legalov p. 688
2014	Astenorrhinus Gratshev and Legalov p. 921
2015	Astenorrhinus Legalov p. 1449
2025	Astenorrhinus Legalov p. 232

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Gravenhorst 1843
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997
—	Altocrustacea	Regier et al. 2010
superclass	Allotriocarida
—	Athalassocarida
—	Labiocarida	Schwentner et al. 2017
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
—	Cercofilata
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Holometabola
—	Aparaglossata
—	Neuropteriformia
—	Coleopterida
order	Coleoptera
—	Mesocoleoptera
—	Metacoleoptera
suborder	Polyphaga	Emery 1886
infraorder	Cucujiformia	Lameere 1938
—	Phytophaga
superfamily	Curculionoidea
family	Nemonychidae
subfamily	Brenthorrhininae
tribe	Eccoptarthrini
genus	Astenorrhinus	()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Astenorrhinus Gratshev and Zherikhin 1995

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†Astenorrhinus elongatus Gratshev and Zherikhin 1995

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Invalid names: Eccoptarthroides longirostris Legalov 2010 [synonym]

†Astenorrhinus major Gratshev and Zherikhin 1995

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Invalid names: Eccoptarthroides ponomarenkoi Legalov 2010 [synonym]

†Astenorrhinus martynovi Legalov 2010

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Invalid names: Eccoptarthroides nikitskyi Legalov 2010 [synonym]

Invalid names: Eccoptarthroides Legalov 2010 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

chitinc

Environment:

terrestrialc

Locomotion:

actively mobilep

Created:

2017-04-17 09:56:18

Modified:

2017-04-17 09:56:18

Source: c = class, p = phylum

References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Kimmeridgian or 154.80000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian	154.8 - 149.2	Kazakhstan	A. major (113439) Distenorrhinus elongatus (105426 105970) Distenorrhinus major (106102) Eccoptarthroides martynovi, Eccoptarthroides nikitskyi, Eccoptarthroides longirostris, Eccoptarthroides ponomarenkoi (106279)