†Archaeosciaphilus gyrommatus Legalov and Poinar 2021 (snout beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Full reference: A. A. Legalov and G. Poinar. 2021. A new species of the genus Archaeosciaphilus Legalov, 2012 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) with a list of Entiminae weevils described from Baltic amber. Historical Biology 34:2218-2223
Belongs to Archaeosciaphilus according to A. A. Legalov and G. Poinar 2021
Sister taxon: Archaeosciaphilus marshalli
Type specimen: Poinar Cu 6, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Poinar collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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