†Cossonus shevnini Bukejs and Legalov 2017 (snout beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Full reference: A. Bukejs and A. A. Legalov. 2017. New species of sub-fossil weevils (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) in Madagascar copal. Paleontological Journal 51:196-202
Belongs to Cossonus according to A. Bukejs and A. A. Legalov 2017
Sister taxa: Cossonus devoratus, Cossonus gabbii, Cossonus hinojosai, Cossonus meriani, Cossonus robustus, Cossonus rutus, Cossonus spielbergii
Type specimen: ISEA 2012/1, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Madagascar copal (ISEA collection), which is in a Holocene terrestrial amber in Madagascar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Madagascar copal (ISEA collection)
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