Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Alternative combination: Phloeophagus sucinopunctatus
Full reference: A. Kuska. 1992. Three new species of beetles (Coleoptera: Cantharidae, Anobiidae, Curculionidae) from the Baltic amber. Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum, Entomology 3:107-113
Belongs to Caulophilus according to A. A. Legalov and G. O. Poinar 2020
See also Kuska 1992, Legalov 2015, Legalov 2019 and Legalov and Bukejs 2018
Sister taxa: Caulophilus ashei, Caulophilus ayotzinapa, Caulophilus bennetti, Caulophilus camptus, Caulophilus elongatus, Caulophilus falini, Caulophilus martynovae, Caulophilus rarus, Caulophilus ruidipunctus, Caulophilus squamosus, Caulophilus swensoni, Caulophilus zherikhini
Type specimen: MZ 554, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (Museum Ziemi collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Poland (2 collections), the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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