Familia: Curculionidae
Subfamilia: Curculioninae
Tribus: Curculionini
Subtribus: Curculionina
Genus: †Menatorhis
Species: †Menatorhis elegans

Name

Menatorhis elegans (Piton, 1940)

Etymology:

• Menatorhis: from Menat, France
  • elegans : from Latin: elegant

Synonyms:

• Balaninus elegans Piton, 1940
• Curculio elegans Legalov, 2015

Distribution

Europe

• France
  • Menat, Puy-de-Dôme

Temporal range: Paleocene

• Type specimen: MNHN R07010 (exoskeleton)

References

• 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.

• 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. and Nel A., 2017. New and little known weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) from the Paleocene of Menat (France). Comptes Rendus Palevol, 16 (3): 248–256. DOI: 0.1016/j.crpv.2016.10.007 .
• 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 .