Curculio Linnaeus 1758 (snout beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

Synonym: Balaninus Germar 1817

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Parent taxon: Curculionina according to F. W. Pelsue and C. W. O'Brien 2011

See also Bouchard et al. 2011, Drury 1770, Fabricius 1792, Fabricius 1798, Forster 1771, Geoffroy 1762, Herbst 1795, Latreille 1796, Latreille 1802, Legalov 2015, Linnaeus 1758, Linnaeus 1761, Linnaeus 1767, Marsham 1802, Müller 1764, Müller 1776, Piton 1940, Schaeffer 1766, Scopoli 1763, Scudder 1893, Strøm 1768 and Zherikhin 1995

Sister taxon: Menatorhis

Subtaxa: Curculio anicularis Curculio beeklyi Curculio curvirostris Curculio duttoni Curculio extinctus Curculio femoratus Curculio flexirostris Curculio florissantensis Curculio geinitzi Curculio havighorstensis Curculio minusculoides Curculio minusculus Curculio nucum Curculio restrictus Curculio venosus

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the United Kingdom (7 collections)

• Pliocene of Germany (1)

• Eocene of the Czech Republic (1), Germany (2), United States (10: Colorado)

Total: 21 collections including 32 occurrences

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