†Diaprepes anticus Franz and Zhang 2017 (snout beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Full reference: N. Franz and G. Y. Zhang. 2017. Three new species of entimine weevils in Early Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Biodiversity Data Journal 5(e10469):1-32
Belongs to Diaprepes according to N. Franz and G. Y. Zhang 2017
Sister taxon: Diaprepes squamula
Type specimen: USNM 505325, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (USNM Brodzinsky Lopez-Pena coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (USNM Brodzinsky Lopez-Pena coll)
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