†Baris grossacavis Poinar and Legalov 2015 (snout beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Full reference: G. Poinar and A. A. Legalov. 2015. First record of the genus Baris Germar, 1817 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), in Dominican amber. Fossil Record 18:31-35
Belongs to Baris according to A. A. Legalov 2015
See also Poinar and Legalov 2015
Sister taxa: Baris divisa, Baris harlani, Baris imperfecta, Baris naviculare, Baris palaeophilus
Type specimen: Poinar C-155, 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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