†Bicalcasura Poinar and Legalov 2014 (snout beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Full reference: G. O. Poinar and A. A. Legalov. 2014. Bicalcasura maculata n. gen., n. sp. (Curculionoidea: Dryophthoridae) with a list of weevils described from Dominican amber. Historical Biology 26:449-453
Parent taxon: Rhynchophorini according to M. L. Chamorro et al. 2021
See also Legalov 2015 and Poinar and Legalov 2014
Sister taxa: Diocalandrina, Litosomina, Rhynchophorus, Sphenophorina
Subtaxa: Bicalcasura maculata
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber, La Bucara mine (Poinar coll) (Miocene to Miocene of Dominican Republic)
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