Burmophyletis beloides Clarke and Oberprieler 2018 (weevil)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Mesophyletidae

Alternative combination: Platychirus beloides

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

Belongs to Burmophyletis according to D. J. Clarke and R. G. Oberprieler 2019

See also Clarke and Oberprieler 2018

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NIGP154202, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

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

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