Title | Eugnamptus proterus, n. sp (Coleoptera : Curculionoidea : Rhynchitidae), a tooth-nosed snout beetle in Mexican amber |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2007 |
Authors | Poinar, GO, Brown, AE |
Journal | Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington |
Volume | 109 |
Pagination | 880-885 |
Type of Article | Journal Article |
ISSN | 0013-8797 |
Abstract | A new species of tooth-nosed snout beetle, Eugnamptus proterus Poinar and Brown (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Rhynchitidae) is described from Mexican amber. Distinguishing characters include 1) the next to last strial row joins the last strial row near the middle of the elytra, 2) the presence of a median longitudinal ridge on the rostrum, 3) long, slender, erect dark setae on the frons, 4) a narrow, cylindrical prothorax and extended "neck" region and 5) unusually broad claw appendages. Based on the available literature, the closest described extant species is the Japanese E aurifrons Roel. A brief Survey of fossil rhynchitids is presented. |
URL | <Go to ISI>://WOS:000250288400018 |