†Caryobruchus dominicanus Poinar 1999 (palm bruchid)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae
Full reference: G. O. Poinar. 1999. A fossil palm bruchid, Caryobruchus dominicanus sp. n. (Pachymerini: Bruchidae) in Dominican amber. Entomologica Scandinavica 30:219-224
Belongs to Caryobruchus according to G. O. Poinar 1999
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Poinar C-7-104A, 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)
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