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Rhyncolus sitoniformis

Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

Taxonomy
Rhyncolus sitoniformis was named by Zherikhin (1992). Its type specimen is SMF VI 95, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Aix-en-Provence (SMF Coll), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - large limestone in the Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation of France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Rhyncolus sitoniformis Zherikhin p. 178 fig. 14
2015Rhyncolus sitonifrons Legalov p. 1488

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
RankNameAuthor
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
Phytophaga
superfamilyCurculionoidea
familyCurculionidae()
subfamilyCossoninae()
tribeRhyncolini()
subtribeRhyncolina
genusRhyncolus
speciessitoniformis

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.

Rhyncolus sitoniformis Zherikhin 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available