Davidibelus cearensis Zherikhin and Gratshev 2004 (weevil)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Belidae

Full reference: V. V. Zherikhin and V. G. Gratshev. 2004. Fossil Curculionoid Beetles (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea) from the Lower Cretaceous of Northeastern Brazil. Paleontological Journal 38(5):528-537

Belongs to Davidibelus according to A. A. Legalov 2015

See also Legalov 2009, Legalov 2012, Wolf-Schwenninger and Schawaller 2007 and Zherikhin and Gratshev 2004

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AMNH 73628, an exoskeleton (Complete Body). Its type locality is Crato (AMNH collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Crato (AMNH collection)

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