Archaeorrhynchus

Archaeorrhynchus is an extinct genus of weevil from the family Nemonychidae. It is known from the Callovian-Oxfordian Karabastau Formation in Kazakhstan. The type species, Archaeorrhynchus tenuicornis, was named in 1926.[1] Two other species, A. tenuicornis and A. carpenteri, were described from the same locality.[2][3]

Not to be confused with the bird genus Archaeorhynchus.

Archaeorrhynchus
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Nemonychidae
Genus: †Archaeorrhynchus
Type species
†Archaeorrhynchus tenuicornis
Martynov, 1926
Species
  • †A. tenuicornis Martynov, 1926
  • †A. acutirostris Arnoldi, 1977
  • †A. carpenteri Legalov, 2014

References
  1. Hallan, J. (2010) Coleoptera of the World. Published on June 6, 2010
  2. L. V. Arnoldi. 1977. Rhynchopora in "Мезозойские жёсткокрылые. Академия наук СССР, Труды Палеонтологического Института" (Mezozoiskie zhestkokryiye. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta). 161:142-176
  3. A. A. Legalov. 2014. Taxonomic names, in The Mesozoic stage of evolution of the family Nemonychidae (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea). Paleontological Journal 48:851-944
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