Caryobruchus Bridwell 1929 (palm bruchid)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae

Full reference: J. C. Bridwell. 1929. A preliminary generic arrangement of the palm bruchids and allies (Coleoptera) with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 31:141-160

Parent taxon: Pachymerini according to G. O. Poinar 1999

See also Nilsson and Johnson 1993

Sister taxa: Caryedontina, Caryoborus, Mesopachymerus, Oligobruchus, Pachymerina

Subtaxa: Caryobruchus dominicanus

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Ecology:

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

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