Velatis Poinar and Voisin 2003 (snout beetle)

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

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Ecology:

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

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