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Protainophthalmus margarus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

Taxonomy
Sitona margarum was named by Germar (1849). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Aix-en-Provence (unspecified collection), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - large limestone in the Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation of France.

It was recombined as Sitones margarum by Oustalet (1874), Handlirsch (1907); it was recombined as Protainophthalmus margarus by Yunakov and Kirejtshuk (2011); it was recombined as Protainophthalmus margarum by Legalov (2015).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Sitona margarum Germar p. 61 figs. Pl 2, fig 5
1856Sitona antiqua Giebel p. 141
1856Sitona margarum Heer p. 19
1874Sitones margarum Oustalet p. 246 figs. Pl 3, fig 15
1907Sitones margarum Handlirsch p. 803
1937Sitona margarum Theobald p. 395 figs. Pl XXVIII fig 7; Pl IX fig 6
2011Protainophthalmus margarus Yunakov and Kirejtshuk p. 94
2015Protainophthalmus margarum Legalov p. 1491

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
—Phytophaga
superfamilyCurculionoidea
familyCurculionidae()
subfamilyEntiminaeSchoenherr 1823
tribeTanymeciniLacordaire 1863
genusProtainophthalmus
speciesmargarus()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Invalid names: Sitona antiqua Giebel 1856 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Chattian or 37.71000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France Sitona margarum (113709)
MP 2333.9 - 27.3France Sitona margarum (122535 122536)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany Sitona margarum (122407)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Sitona margarum (type locality: 113682) Sitona sp. (122877) Sitones margarum (122501)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Sitones margarum (122487)