Two new species of the family Rhynchitidae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) from Eocene Baltic amber, with key to species and assumed trophic relationships

Bukejs, Andris; Legalov, Andrei A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/fr-24-117-2021

Articles | Volume 24, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/fr-24-117-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/fr-24-117-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 24, issue 1

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04 May 2021

Research article |

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Two new species of the family Rhynchitidae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) from Eocene Baltic amber, with key to species and assumed trophic relationships

Andris Bukejs and Andrei A. Legalov

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Baltocar sontagae, holotype, 6703 [MAIG], X-ray micro-CT volume rendering of the habitus Andris Bukejs and Andrei A. Legalov https://doi.org/10.5446/51994

Short summary

Baltocar sontagae sp. nov. and Pseudomesauletes lobanovi sp. nov. from the family Rhynchitidae are described from Eocene Baltic amber. It is the first record of Pseudomesauletes from Baltic amber. Keys to species of the genus Baltocar and to the Eocene species of the genus Pseudomesauletes are given. Assumed trophic relationships of the genus Baltocar with Cupressaceae and Pseudomesauletes lobanovi sp. nov. with Rosaceae are discussed.