Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Alternative combinations: Hylesinites electrinus, Hylesinus electrinus
Full reference: E. F. Germar. 1813. Insecten in Bernstein eingeschlossen, beschrieben aus dem academischen Mineralien-Cabinet zu Halle. Magazin der Entomologie 1:11-18
Belongs to Hylurgops according to A. A. Legalov 2019
See also Germar 1813, Giebel 1856, Legalov 2015, Schedl 1947, von Schlechtendal 1888 and Wood and Bright 1992
Sister taxa: Hylurgops corpulentus, Hylurgops dubius, Hylurgops granulatus, Hylurgops piger, Hylurgops pilosellus, Hylurgops rugipennis, Hylurgops schellwieni, Hylurgops tuberculifer
Type specimen: Its type locality is Baltic amber (Halle collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic amber (Halle collection)
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