Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Alternative combinations: Protainophthalmus margarum, Sitona margarum, Sitones margarum
Synonym: Sitona antiqua Giebel 1856 [objective synonym]
Full reference: E. F. Germar. 1849. Ueber einige Insekten aus Tertiärbildungen. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 1:52-66
Belongs to Protainophthalmus according to N. N. Yunakov and A. G. Kirejtshuk 2011
See also Germar 1849, Giebel 1856, Handlirsch 1907, Heer 1856, Legalov 2015, Oustalet 1874 and Theobald 1937
Sister taxa: Protainophthalmus asperulus, Protainophthalmus punctulatus, Protainophthalmus regularis, Protainophthalmus rugicollis, Protainophthalmus thaisi, Protainophthalmus tuberculatus
Type specimens:
- Protainophthalmus margarus: Its type locality is Aix-en-Provence (unspecified collection), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - large limestone in the Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation of France
- Sitona antiqua: Its type locality is Aix-en-Provence (Murchison collection), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - large limestone in the Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation of France.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Oligocene of France (6 collections), Germany (1)
• Eocene of France (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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