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Coccotorus

Description

Coccotorus is a genus of true weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae. There are about six described species in Coccotorus.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)1216344https://www.gbif.org/species/1216344
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)281689https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=281689
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Curculionidae : Coccotorus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
-CercofilataKukalová-Peck 1987
classInsectaLinnaeus 1758
-Dicondylia
-ParanotaliaSroka et al. 2014
subclassPterygotaBrauer 1885
-NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
-Holometabola
-Aparaglossata
-ColeopteridaKukalová-Peck and Lawrence 2004
orderColeopteraLinnaeus 1758
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
-Phytophaga
superfamilyCurculionoideaLatreille 1802
familyCurculionidaeLatreille 1802
subfamilyCurculioninaeLatreille 1802
tribeAnthonominiThomson 1859
genusCoccotorusLeConte 1876
Scientific NameCoccotorus LeConte, 1876
Name Published InLeConte, John L. 1876. The Rhynchophora of America north of Mexico. Proc Am Philos Soc 15(96): xvi+455 pp.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Coccotorusgenusbelongs to Anthonoministated with evidenceScudder, 1893
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (33%)
First Recorded Appearance37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)S. H. Scudder. 1893. Tertiary Rhynchophorous Coleoptera of the United States. Monographs of the United States Geological Survey 21:1-206
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coccotorus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Coccotorus hirsutus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Coccotorus principalis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
137.2 Ma
Eocene
37.2 Ma
Eocene
Coccotorus requiescens
species
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
137.2 Ma
Eocene
37.2 Ma
Eocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1876Coccotorus Leconte
1893Coccotorus Scudder p. 108
1999Coccotorus Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal
2015Coccotorus Legalov p. 1490

References

Scudder S. H. Tertiary Rhynchophorous Coleoptera of the United States, Monographs of the United States Geological Survey 21, 1-206
Alonso-Zarazaga M. A., Lyal C. H. C. (1999) , A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (Excepting Scolytidae and Platypodidae), 1-316
Legalov A. A. (2015) Fossil Mesozoic and Cenozoic weevils (Coleoptera, Obrienioidea, Curculionoidea), Paleontological Journal 49, 1442-1513
Poole, Robert W., and Patricia Gentili, eds., 1996: Coleoptera, Strepsiptera. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America, vol. 1: Coleoptera, Strepsiptera. 14-820. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A., and Christopher H. C. Lyal, 1999: null. A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (Excepting Scotylidae and Platypodidae). 315. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Brown WJ (1966) Chrysomelinae and Curculionidae (Coleoptera); descriptions and notes. The Canadian Entomologist 98: 855-859. - via Checklist of Beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second Edition.
CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000 unverified/Stang, 2004-present - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc., 15 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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