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New Species of Weevils (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) in Dominican Amber

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Four new weevil species, Mesocordylusdominicus sp. nov. (Dryophthorinae: Orthognathini), Derelomus miocaenicus sp. nov. (Curculioninae: Acalyptini), Anthonomus (Anthonomus) clarki sp. nov. (Curculioninae: Anthonomini) and Compsus (Compsus) poinari sp. nov. (Entiminae: Eustylini) are described from Early Miocene Dominican amber.

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The author thanks G.O. Poinar, Jr. (USA) for assistance in the work, as well as A.Yu. Solodovnikov, S.G. Selvantaran (Copenhagen, Denmark), and B.A. Korotyaev (St. Petersburg) for providing me with comparative material from the collections of the Zoological Museum of Copenhagen University and the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

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Legalov, A.A. New Species of Weevils (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) in Dominican Amber. Paleontol. J. 53, 511–521 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S003103011905006X

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