A new genus of nemonychid weevil from Burmese amber (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea)
dc.contributor.author | Davis, Steven Ray | |
dc.contributor.author | Engel, Michael S. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-06-04T16:28:48Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-06-04T16:28:48Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-04-28 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Davis, Steven R.; Michael S. Engel. “A new genus of nemonychid weevil from Burmese amber (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea).” Zookeys. 2014; (405): 127–138. Published online 2014 April 28. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.405.6475 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/13862 | |
dc.description.abstract | The first fossil nemonychid (Nemonychidae) in Burmese amber, belonging to the subfamily Rhinorhynchinae, is described and figured as Burmonyx zigrasi Davis & Engel, gen. n. and sp. n. While this specimen also comprises the first definitive record of the subfamily in the Asian continent, other compression fossils exist at least from the Yixian Formation of China and the Karatau site of Kazakhstan which may also deserve placement within this group. Although several important areas of the body are obscured by the shape and fragmented condition of the amber piece, a sufficient number of features are visible to consider adequate placement within Rhinorhynchinae, including the fairly strongly punctate elytral striae and appendiculate, nearly bifid pretarsal claws. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Much appreciation is given to James S. Zigras who provided the opportunity to study this specimen and has generally supported amber research at the AMNH. Partial support for this work was provided by the Byers Opportunity Fund, Division of Entomology, University of Kansas Natural History Museum (to SRD), and US National Science Foundation grants DEB-0542909 (to MSE) and DEB-1110590 (to MSE, P. Cartwright, and SRD). This is a contribution of the Division of Entomology, University of Kansas Natural History Museum. | |
dc.publisher | Pensoft Publishing | |
dc.rights | This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.subject | Coleoptera | |
dc.subject | Amber | |
dc.subject | Cretaceous | |
dc.subject | Weevils | |
dc.subject | Nemonychidae | |
dc.subject | Mesozoic | |
dc.subject | Taxonomy | |
dc.title | A new genus of nemonychid weevil from Burmese amber (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea) | |
dc.type | Article | |
kusw.kuauthor | Davis, Steven R. | |
kusw.kuauthor | Engel, Michael S. | |
kusw.kudepartment | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | |
kusw.oastatus | fullparticipation | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3897/zookeys.405.6475 | |
kusw.oaversion | Scholarly/refereed, publisher version | |
kusw.oapolicy | This item meets KU Open Access policy criteria. | |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess |
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