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Clarification of the Systematic Position of the Weevils (Coleoptera) Described from the Middle Eocene of Germany

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The genera Palaeoalatorostrum Rheinheimer, 2007 and Cryptorrhynchites Haupt, 1950 are transferred from the tribe Otiorhynchini of the subfamily Entiminae (Curculionidae) and from the tribe Cryptorhynchini of the subfamily Molytinae (Curculionidae), respectively, to the tribe Attelabini of the subfamily Attelabinae of the family Attelabidae; the genera Palaeocrassirhinus Rheinheimer, 2007 and Palaeocneorhinus Rheinheimer, 2007 are transferred from the tribes Anypotactini and Cneorhinini, respectively, to the tribe Brachyderini. A key to the species of the genus Palaeocrassirhinus is given.

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The author is grateful to J. Rheinheimer, Ludwigshafen (Germany) for providing color photographs of the type specimens of the species he described.

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    A. A. Legalov

  2. Altai State University, 656049, Barnaul, Russia

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Legalov, A.A. Clarification of the Systematic Position of the Weevils (Coleoptera) Described from the Middle Eocene of Germany. Paleontol. J. 57, 547–552 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030123050040

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