Eoceneithycerus carpenteri

Eoceneithycerus carpenteri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Curculionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Superfamilia: Curculionoidea

Familia: Brentidae
Subfamilia: Ithycerinae
Tribus: incertae sedis
Genus: †Eoceneithycerus
Species: †Eoceneithycerus carpenteri

Name

• †Eoceneithycerus carpenteri Legalov, 2013

Type locality

• Early Eocene, Ypresian; Eocene Okanogan Highlands; Corner Lot (UWBM Location A0307B), Tom Thumb Tuff Member, Klondike Mountain Formation, Republic, Washington, USA

Type material

• Holotype:UWBM 77532
  • Repository: Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

Etymology

• "Species named honour of the late paleoentomologist F.M. Carpenter (USA)."

References

• Legalov, A.A. (2013) New and little known weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) from the Paleogene and Neogene. Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology 25(1): 59–80. doi:10.1080/08912963.2012.692681. ISSN 0891-2963. 
• Legalov, A.A. (2015) Fossil Mesozoic and Cenozoic weevils (Coleoptera, Obrienioidea, Curculionoidea). Paleontological Journal 49(13): 1442–1513. doi:10.1134/S0031030115130067. ISSN 0031-0301. 

Links

• Eoceneithycerus carpenteri – Taxon details on Paleobiology Database.