An Orthognathine Weevil of the Genus Mesocordylus in Dominican Amber (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Dryophthoridae).

Authors

  • Steven R. Davis
  • Michael S. Engel

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21248/contrib.entomol.59.1.233-238

Abstract

A new orthognathine weevil species (Curculionoidea: Dryophthoridae), Mesocordylus longiscapus sp. n., is described and illustrated from Early Miocene Dominican amber. It represents the first amber fossil record of Mesocordylus and the second for the subfamily Orthognathinae.

Keywords

Tertiary, Caribbean, paleontology, Polyphaga, taxonomy.

Nomenclatural Acts

longiscapus Davis & Engel, 2009 (Mesocordylus), spec. n.

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Published

2009-07-15

How to Cite

Davis, S. R., & Engel, M. S. 2009: An Orthognathine Weevil of the Genus Mesocordylus in Dominican Amber (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Dryophthoridae). - Contributions to Entomology = Beiträge Zur Entomologie 59(1): 233–238 - doi: 10.21248/contrib.entomol.59.1.233-238

Issue

Vol. 59 No. 1 (2009)

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