An orthognathine weevil of the genus Mesocordylus in Dominican amber (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Dryophthoridae)

Davis, Steven Ray; Engel, Michael S.

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2009-01-01

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Davis, Steven Ray

Engel, Michael S.

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Akademie Verlag

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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.

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http://hdl.handle.net/1808/18012

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Davis, Steven R.; Engel, Michael S. (2009). "An orthognathine weevil of the genus Mesocordylus in Dominican amber (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Dryophthoridae)." Beiträge zur Entomologie, 59(1):233-238.

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