Ceutorhynchus zerovae Legalov et al. 2021 (snout beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

Full reference: A. A. Legalov, V. Y. Nazarenko, D. V. Vasilenko and E. E. Perkovsky. 2021. Ceutorhynchus Germar (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) as proxy for Eocene core Brassicaceae: first record of the genus from Rovno amber. Journal of Paleontology 96:379-386

Belongs to Ceutorhynchus according to A. A. Legalov et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Ceutorhynchus alekseevi, Ceutorhynchus blaisdelli, Ceutorhynchus chambonensis, Ceutorhynchus compactus, Ceutorhynchus crassirostris, Ceutorhynchus degravatus, Ceutorhynchus duratus, Ceutorhynchus electrinus, Ceutorhynchus eocenicus, Ceutorhynchus fischeri, Ceutorhynchus funeratus, Ceutorhynchus irvingi, Ceutorhynchus obliquus, Ceutorhynchus succinus

Type specimen: SIZK VT-135, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Rovno amber, Velyki Telkovichi (SIZK VT collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Ukraine.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Rovno amber, Velyki Telkovichi (SIZK VT collection)

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