†Velatis Poinar and Voisin 2003 (snout beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Full reference: G. O. Poinar and J. F. Voisin. 2003. A Dominican amber weevil, Velatis dominicana gen. n., sp. n. and key to the genera of the Anchonini (Molytinae, Curculionidae). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie, Nouvelle Série 19:373-381
Parent taxon: Anchonini according to A. A. Legalov 2015
See also Poinar and Voisin 2003
Sister taxa: Anchonus, Otibazo
Subtaxa: Velatis dominicana
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Poinar coll) (Miocene to Miocene of Dominican Republic)
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