Menatorhis elegans

Taxonavigation: Curculionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda 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: Curculionidae
Subfamilia: Curculioninae
Tribus: Curculionini
Subtribus: Curculionina
Genus: †Menatorhis
Species: †Menatorhis elegans

Name[edit]

Menatorhis elegans (Piton, 1940)

Etymology:

Europe

Temporal range: Paleocene

Piton, L. 1940. Paléontologie du Gisement Éocéne de Menat (Puy-de-Dôme) (Flore et Faune). Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. d’Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, 1 (1940), pp. 1–303. Reference page.
Legalov A.A., 2015. Fossil Mesozoic and Cenozoic weevils (Coleoptera, Obrienioidea, Curculionoidea). Paleontological Journal, 49 (13): 1442–1513. article DOI: 10.1134/S0031030115130067.
Legalov, A.A., Kirejtshuk, A.G. & Nel, A. 2017. New and little known weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) from the Paleocene of Menat (France). Comptes Rendus Palevol 16(3): 248–256. DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2016.10.007 . Reference page.
Wedmann S., Uhl D., Lehmann T., Garrouste R., Nel A., Gomez B., Smith K. & Schaal S.F.K., 2018. The Konservat-Lagerstätte Menat (Paleocene; France) – an overview and new insights. Geologica Acta, t. 16, vol. 2, p. 189-213 + i-v, DOI: 10.1344/GeologicaActa2018.16.2.5.