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 Pseudomesauletes (Pseudomesauletes) according to A. Bukejs and A. A. Legalov 2021
Sister taxa: Pseudomesauletes (Pseudomesauletes) culex, Pseudomesauletes (Pseudomesauletes) groehni, Pseudomesauletes (Pseudomesauletes) ibis
Type specimen: MAIG 6701, 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)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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