†Apionion formoculus Poinar and Legalov 2015 (weevil)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Brentidae
Full reference: G. Poinar and A. A. Legalov. 2015. New Apioninae (Coleoptera: Brentidae) in Dominican amber. Historical Biology 27:134-157
Belongs to Apionion according to A. A. Legalov 2015
See also Poinar and Legalov 2015
Sister taxa: Apionion evestigatum, Apionion homochronon, Apionion kallimosum
Type specimen: Poinar Cur-139, 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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