First Record of the Genus Cartorhynchites Voss, 1958 (Coleoptera: Rhynchitidae) from Eocene Baltic Amber with a List of Fossil Tooth-Nosed Snout Weevils-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

First Record of the Genus Cartorhynchites Voss, 1958 (Coleoptera: Rhynchitidae) from Eocene Baltic Amber with a List of Fossil Tooth-Nosed Snout Weevils

Published:2023-09-15 Issue:9 Volume:13 Page:1920
ISSN:2075-1729
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Author:

Legalov Andrei A.¹²³^ORCID,Bukejs Andris⁴^ORCID,Vanaga Anarina⁴,Alekseev Vitalii I.⁵⁶

Affiliation:

1. Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 630091 Novosibirsk, Russia

2. Department of Ecology, Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Altai State University, 656049 Barnaul, Russia

3. Department of Forestry and Landscape Construction, Tomsk State University, 634050 Tomsk, Russia

4. Institute of Life Sciences and Technologies, Daugavpils University, Vienıbas 13, 5401 Daugavpils, Latvia

5. Kaliningrad Regional Amber Museum, Marshal Vasilevskii Square 1, 236016 Kaliningrad, Russia

6. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Nevskogo Str. 14, 236016 Kaliningrad, Russia

Abstract

A new species of the genus Cartorhynchites (Rhynchitini, Rhynchitina) is described from Baltic amber. Cartorhynchites groehni Legalov, Bukejs et Alekseev sp. n. differs from C. struvei Zherikhin, 1992 from the Miocene of Germany in its smaller body size (2.6 mm), strongly convex eyes, narrower pronotum and wide elytra, and dark brown legs. A new species is studied and illustrated in detail using X-ray micro-computed tomography (μCT). It is the earliest fossil record of subtribe Rhynchitina. A list of fossil Rhynchitidae was compiled. A key to species of Rhynchitidae in Baltic amber was given. Fossil finds of the family Rhynchitidae were discussed. The assumption was made that the Recent distribution range of the genus Cartorhynchites is within the range of its host plant of the genus Symplocos. Probably, a new Eocene species developed on Symplocos kowalewskii, and the Oligocene C. struvei was associated with Symplocos myosotis (Unger).

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Paleontology,Space and Planetary Science,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/13/9/1920/pdf

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