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

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2009-01-01Author
Davis, Steven Ray
Engel, Michael S.
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Akademie Verlag
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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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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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