†Baltocar sontagae Bukejs and Legalov 2021 (leaf rolling weevil)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Attelabidae
Full reference: A. Bukejs and A. A. Legalov. 2021. Two new species of the family Rhynchitidae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) from Eocene Baltic amber, with key to species and assumed trophic relationships. Fossil Record 24:117-127
Belongs to Baltocar according to A. Bukejs and A. A. Legalov 2021
Sister taxa: Baltocar convexus, Baltocar groehni, Baltocar hoffeinsorum, Baltocar subnudus, Baltocar succinicus
Type specimen: MAIG 6703, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (University of Gdansk MAI collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (University of Gdansk MAI collection)
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