†Bicalcasura maculata 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
Belongs to Bicalcasura according to A. A. Legalov 2015
See also Poinar and Legalov 2014
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Poinar C-7-413, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber, La Bucara mine (Poinar coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the La Toca Formation of the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber, La Bucara mine (Poinar coll)
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