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TitlePalaeocryptorhynchus burmanus, a new genus and species of Early Cretaceous weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Burmese amber
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2009
AuthorsPoinar, GO
JournalCretaceous Research
Volume30
Pagination587-591
Type of ArticleJournal Article
ISSN0195-6671
Abstract

Palaeocryptorhynchus burmanus gen. et sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cryptorhynchinae) is described from Cretaceous Burmese amber. The fossil is notable for its unique femora interlocking mechanism consisting of a flange on the basal third of the profemur that inserts into a groove along the basal portion of the mesofemur and the elongate, spatulate rostrum. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
URL<Go to ISI>://WOS:000266146600011
DOI10.1016/j.cretres.2008.10.002