Insecta - Coleoptera - Mesophyletidae
Full reference: G. Poinar. 2006. Mesophyletis calhouni (Mesophyletinae), a new genus, species, and subfamily of early cretaceous weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Eccoptarthridae) in burmese amber. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 108:878-884
Parent taxon: Mesophyletinae according to D. J. Clarke and R. G. Oberprieler 2018
See also Legalov 2012, Legalov 2015, Legalov and Poinar 2015 and Poinar 2006
Sister taxa: Anchineini, Anchineus, Aphelonyssus, Bowangius, Burmocorynini, Burmocorynus, Burmorhinus, Cetionyx, Compsopsarus, Cyrtocis, Debbia, Echogomphus, Electrocis, Euryepomus, Gnomus, Habropezus, Hukawngius, Leptopezus, Louwiocis, Mekorhamphini, Mekorhamphus, Myanmarus, Ocriocis, Opeatorhynchus, Periosocerus, Petalotarsus, Rhadinomycter, Zimmiorhinus
Subtaxa: Mesophyletis calhouni
Type: Mesophyletis calhouni
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (Ron Buckley amber collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.