†Melanapion (Melanapionoides) poinari Legalov 2015 (weevil)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Brentidae
Full reference: A. A. Legalov. 2015. Fossil Mesozoic and Cenozoic weevils (Coleoptera, Obrienioidea, Curculionoidea). Paleontological Journal 49:1442-1513
Belongs to Melanapion (Melanapionoides) according to A. A. Legalov 2019
See also Legalov 2015
Sister taxon: Melanapion (Melanapionoides) wanati
Type specimen: ISEA BA2013/22, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, ISEA Novosibirsk collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, ISEA Novosibirsk collection
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