Protoceletes hirtus Nazarenko and Perkovsky 2016 (snout beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

Full reference: V. Y. Nazarenko and E. E. Perkovsky. 2016. A new species of Derelomine weevils (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Curculioninae: Acalyptini) from the Rovno amber. Paleontological Journal 50:991-996

Belongs to Protoceletes according to A. A. Legalov 2019

See also Nazarenko and Perkovsky 2016

Sister taxa: Electrotribus henningseni, Electrotribus rarus, Electrotribus theryi, Electrotribus wolfschwenningerae

Type specimen: SIZK K-26680, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Rovno Amber, Klesov locality (SIZC K collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Ukraine.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Rovno Amber, Klesov locality (SIZC K collection)

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