†Antiquis opaque Peris et al. 2014 (weevil)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Mesophyletidae
Full reference: D. Peris, S. R. Davis, M. S. Engel and X. Delclòs. 2014. An evolutionary history embedded in amber: reflection of the Mesozoic shift in weevil-dominated (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) faunas. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171:534-553
Belongs to Antiquis according to A. A. Legalov 2015
See also Peris et al. 2014
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: IGR.ARC-331.2, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Charentese amber, Archingeay-Les-Nouillers, subunit A1sl-A, which is in an Albian terrestrial amber in France.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Charentese amber, Archingeay-Les-Nouillers, subunit A1sl-A
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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