†Anchonus bothynus Poinar and Legalov 2019 (snout beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Full reference: G. Poinar and A. A. Legalov. 2019. Two new species of the genus Anchonus Schoenherr, 1825 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae) in Dominican amber. Palaeontologia Electronica 22(3.59):1-10
Belongs to Anchonus according to G. Poinar and A. A. Legalov 2019
Sister taxon: Anchonus acrolepidotus
Type specimen: AMNH DR-8-396, 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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