Protosinus Bright and Poinar 1994 (bark beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

Full reference: D. E. Bright and G. O. Poinar. 1994. Scolytidae and Platypodidae (Coleoptera) from Dominican Republic Amber. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 87(2):170-194

Parent taxon: Phloeosinini according to G. O. Poinar and A. A. Legalov 2019

See also Bright and Poinar 1994

Sister taxa: Chramesus, Cladoctonus, Paleosinus, Phloeosinus

Subtaxa: Protosinus hispaniolensis

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Type: Protosinus hispaniolensis

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Poinar coll) (Miocene to Miocene of Dominican Republic)

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