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New Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Baltic Amber

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Two new genera, Baltanchonidium gen. nov. (type species—Baltanchonidium eocenicum sp. nov.) from the subtribe Typoderina, tribe Plinthini and Parvacalles gen. nov. (type species—Parvacalles kotthoffi sp. nov.) from the subtribe Tylodina, tribe Cryptorhynchini, one new subgenus, Falsorhamphus subgen. nov. (type species—Palaeorhamphus (Falsorhamphus) alekseevi sp. nov.) genus Palaeorhamphus Legalov, 2016, subtribe Palaeorhamphina of the tribe Rhamphini, and ten new species, Leiosoma (Palaeoleiosoma) michalski sp. nov. and L. (P.) shevnini sp. nov., subtribe Leiosomatina of the tribe Plinthini, Baltanchonidium eocenicum sp. nov., subtribe Typoderina, Succinacalles silvestris sp. nov., subtribe Cryptorhynchina of the tribe Cryptorhynchini, Parvacalles kotthoffi sp. nov., subtribe Tylodina, Succinostyphlus squamosus sp. nov. and S. katarzynae sp. nov., subtribe Styphlina, tribe Ellescini, Palaeorhamphus (Falsorhamphus) alekseevi sp. nov., subtribe Palaeorhamphina, Arostropsis kirejtshuki sp. nov., tribe Naupactini, Polydrusus (Palaeodrosus) andrushchenkoi sp. nov., tribe Polydrusini, are described from Eocene Baltic amber. A key to species of the genus Succinostyphlus Kuska, 1996 is compiled. The article presents the first fossil record of the subtribe Typoderina.

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The author thanks Konstantin V. Andrushchenko (Kaliningrad, Russia), Ulrich Kotthoff (Hamburg, Germany), Artur R. Michalski (Wrocław, Poland), and Evgenii Yu. Shevnin (Novosibirsk, Russia) and Katarzyna Szczepaniak (Warsaw, Poland).

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Legalov, A.A. New Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Baltic Amber. Paleontol. J. 57, 784–804 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030123070067

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