Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Alternative combination: Desmidophorus thaisi
Full reference: H. Nicolas. 1892. Insectes fossiles d'Aix (Provence), descriptions de quelques nouvelles espèces (collection de M. Matheron). Compte Rendus, Association Française pour l'Avancement des Sciences 20:425-438
Belongs to Protainophthalmus according to A. A. Legalov 2015
See also Nicolas 1892 and Yunakov and Kirejtshuk 2011
Sister taxa: Protainophthalmus asperulus, Protainophthalmus margarus, Protainophthalmus punctulatus, Protainophthalmus regularis, Protainophthalmus rugicollis, Protainophthalmus tuberculatus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Aix-en-Provence (Matheron Coll), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - large limestone in the Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation of France
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Aix-en-Provence (Matheron Coll)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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