Paonaupactus viridis Wanat and Borowiec 1986 (snout beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

Alternative combinations: Protonaupactus viridis, Sucinophyllobius viridis

Full reference: M. Wanat and L. Borowiec. 1986. A new genus of weevil (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) from Baltic amber. Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 56:243-247

Belongs to Paonaupactus according to A. A. Legalov and G. Poinar 2021

See also Legalov 2015, Legalov 2019, Wanat and Borowiec 1986 and Yunakov and Kirejtshuk 2011

Sister taxa: Paonaupactus gracilis, Paonaupactus katyae, Paonaupactus microphthalmus, Paonaupactus sitonioides, Paonaupactus sobrinus

Type specimen: MZ 5637, 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 (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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