†Velatis dominicana 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
Belongs to Velatis according to A. A. Legalov 2015
See also Poinar and Voisin 2003
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Poinar C-9-387, 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)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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