Title | ANCHINEUS DOLICHOBOTHRIS, A NEW GENUS AND SPECIES OF EARLY CRETACEOUS WEEVILS (CURCULIONIDAE: COLEOPTERA) IN BURMESE AMBER |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2009 |
Authors | Poinar, GO, Brown, AE |
Journal | Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington |
Volume | 111 |
Pagination | 263-270 |
Type of Article | Journal Article |
ISSN | 0013-8797 |
Abstract | A new genus and species of weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Anchineus dolichobothris Poinar and Brown) are described from Cretaceous Burmese amber. The new genus is characterized by: a long, narrow rostrum in the upper position, geniculate antennae with a loosely compact club, antennal scrobes extending the length of the rostrum, a lobed fifth tarsal segment, small trochanters, a well developed unguitractor plate, divaricate, toothed, tarsal claws and unequal ventrites. |
URL | <Go to ISI>://WOS:000263117900028 |
DOI | 10.4289/0013-8797-111.1.263 |