Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

Full reference: D. E. Bright. 1994. Taxonomic names, in Scolytidae and Platypodidae (Coleoptera) from Dominican Republic amber. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 87(2):170-194

Belongs to Scolytus according to G. O. Poinar and A. A. Legalov 2019

See also Bright 1994 and Legalov 2015

Sister taxa: Scolytus carpini, Scolytus duplicatus, Scolytus intricatus, Scolytus koenigi, Scolytus multistriatus, Scolytus piceae, Scolytus tshernjaki

Type specimen: UCMP C-7-232, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (Poinar coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Poinar coll)

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