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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
Institute of Life Sciences and Technologies, Daugavpils University,
Vienības 13, Daugavpils, 5401, Latvia
Andrei A. Legalov
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch,
Russian Academy of Sciences, Frunze Street 11, Novosibirsk 630091, Russia
Department of Ecology, Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Altai State University, Lenina 61, Barnaul 656049, Russia
Department of Forestry and Landscape Construction, Tomsk State University, Lenin Ave, 36, Tomsk 634050, Russia
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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.
Baltocar sontagae sp. nov. and Pseudomesauletes lobanovi sp. nov. from the family Rhynchitidae...