†Geratozygops platysoma Poinar and Legalov 2014 (snout beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Full reference: G. O. Poinar and A. A. Legalov. 2014. New species of the subfamily Conoderinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Dominican amber. Historical Biology 26:556-562
Belongs to Geratozygops according to A. A. Legalov 2015
See also Poinar and Legalov 2014
Sister taxa: Geratozygops arsinotus, Geratozygops atropos, Geratozygops durhami, Geratozygops stenosoma
Type specimen: Poinar Cur-14-64, 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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