''Archaeorrhynchus'' is an extinct
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
weevil
Weevils are beetles belonging to the Taxonomic rank, superfamily Curculionoidea, known for their elongated snouts. They are usually small, less than in length, and Herbivore, herbivorous. Approximately 97,000 species of weevils are known. They b ...
from the family
Nemonychidae. It is known from the
Callovian-
Oxfordian Karabastau Formation in
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
. The type species, ''Archaeorrhynchus tenuicornis'', was named in 1926. Two other species, ''A. tenuicornis'' and ''A. carpenteri'', were described from the same locality.
[A. A. Legalov. 2014. Taxonomic names, in The Mesozoic stage of evolution of the family Nemonychidae (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea). Paleontological Journal 48:851-944]
References
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Prehistoric beetles
Fossil taxa described in 1926
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