Baltoapion gusakovi Legalov 2015

Insecta - Coleoptera - Brentidae

Alternative combination: Melanapion (Melanapionoides) gusakovi

Full reference: A. A. Legalov. 2015. Fossil Mesozoic and Cenozoic weevils (Coleoptera, Obrienioidea, Curculionoidea). Paleontological Journal 49:1442-1513

Belongs to Baltoapion according to A. A. Legalov 2019

See also Legalov 2015

Sister taxon: Baltoapion subdiscedens

Type specimen: CVGM 023C96, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber (V.A. Gusakov collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Distribution: found only at Baltic amber (V.A. Gusakov collection)

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