Cretonanophyes Zherikhin, 1977

Liu, Ming & Ren, Dong, 2006, First fossil Eccoptarthridae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) from the Mesozoic of China, Zootaxa 1176, pp. 59-68 : 61

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6263550
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scientific name	Cretonanophyes Zherikhin, 1977
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Genus Cretonanophyes Zherikhin, 1977

Type species. Cretonanophyes longirostris Zherikhin, 1977 , Lower Cretaceous , TransBaikal of Russia.

Species included

Three species: C. longirostris (type species, Lower Cretaceous, TransBaikal of Russia); C. rugosithorax Gratshev & Zherikhin, 2000a (Lower Cretaceous, Sierra del Montsec of Spain); the third is the new one described below.

Emended diagnosis

Body arched in lateral view. Rostrum convex, longer than head and pronotum together, nearly parallelsided. Antennae inserted near base of rostrum; scape long, but not reaching base of rostrum; club distinct. Fore coxae reaching fore margin of prothorax. Legs long, slender; bases of tibiae curved distinctly; first tarsal joint large, nearly triangular; claws free, paired, without tooth.

Remarks The diagnosis of this genus is emended on the basis of C. rugosithorax and the new one.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
SuperFamily	Curculionoidea
Family	Nemonychidae
Tribe	Eccoptarthrini

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