An Orthognathine weevil of the genus Mesocordylus in Dominican Amber (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Dryophthoridae)

Publication Type:Journal Article
:2009
Authors:S. R. Davis, Engel M. S.
Journal:Beitraege zur Entomologie
Volume:59
Pagination:233-238
Date Published:2009
:0005-805X
:Mesocordylus longiscapus
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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.

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