Diaprepes squamula Poinar and Legalov 2017 (snout beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

Full reference: G. Poinar and A. A. Legalov. 2017. Five new species from the subfamily Entiminae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Dominican amber. Palaeontologia Electronica 20(2.21A):1-13

Belongs to Diaprepes according to G. Poinar and A. A. Legalov 2017

Sister taxon: Diaprepes anticus

Type specimen: AMNH DR-10-992, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (AMNH coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (AMNH coll)

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