Insecta - Coleoptera - Mesophyletidae

Full reference: D. J. Clarke and R. G. Oberprieler. 2018. Descriptions, in The weevil fauna preserved in Burmese amber—snapshot of a unique, extinct lineage (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Diversity 11(1):1-219

Parent taxon: Mesophyletinae according to D. J. Clarke and R. G. Oberprieler 2018

Sister taxa: Anchineini, Anchineus, Aphelonyssus, Bowangius, Burmocorynini, Burmocorynus, Burmorhinus, Cetionyx, Compsopsarus, Cyrtocis, Debbia, Echogomphus, Electrocis, Euryepomus, Habropezus, Hukawngius, Leptopezus, Louwiocis, Mekorhamphini, Mekorhamphus, Mesophyletis, Myanmarus, Ocriocis, Opeatorhynchus, Periosocerus, Petalotarsus, Rhadinomycter, Zimmiorhinus

Subtaxa: Gnomus brevis Gnomus spinipes

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Type: Gnomus brevis

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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