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Bicalcasura maculata gen. n., sp. n. (Curculionoidea: Dryopthtoridae) in Dominican amber
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Bicalcasura maculata gen. n., sp. n. (Curculionoidea: Dryopthtoridae) in Dominican amber |
| Names |
Poinar, George, Jr.
(creator) Legalov, Andrei A. (creator) |
| Date Issued | 2014-08 (iso8601) |
| Note | This is an author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by Taylor & Francis and can be found at: [http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ghbi20/current#.VC2dR2MZlU0. |
| Abstract | A new genus and species, Bicalcasura maculata gen. n., sp. n. (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Dryophthoridae) is described from Dominican amber as the first fossil member of the Tribe Diocalandrini. The new genus is characterized by procoxae located in the middle of the prothorax, a thick, short and strongly curved rostrum with the scape not reaching the pronotum, a weak extension of the rostrum in respect to the antennal attachment, slightly elongated 5th ventrite, narrow (not bilobed) 3rd tarsomere, and a pair of apical spurs on the protibiae. This set of characters separates the fossil from the extant genus Diocalandra Faust, 1894, the only other member of this tribe. A list of weevils (Curculionoidea) described from Dominican amber is included. |
| Genre | Article |
| Topic | Curculionoidea |
| Identifier | Poinar Jr., G., & Legalov, A. A. (2014). Bicalcasura maculata n. gen., n. sp.(Curculionoidea: Dryophthoridae) with a list of weevils described from Dominican amber. Historical Biology, 26(4), 449-453. doi:10.1080/08912963.2013.786066 |
