New Weevils (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea) from the Eocene of the Green River, United States: Part 1
- Authors: Legalov A.A.1
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Affiliations:
- Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals
- Issue: Vol 52, No 3 (2018)
- Pages: 294-302
- Section: Article
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0031-0301/article/view/167777
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030118030061
- ID: 167777
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Abstract
New genera, Pseudochirotenon gen. nov. (with the type species P. eocaenicus sp. nov.), Archaeoheilus gen. nov. (type species A. scudderi sp. nov.), Primocentron gen. nov. (type species P. wickhami sp. nov.), and Pseudophaops gen. nov. (type species Otiorhynchus perditus Scudder, 1876), and new species, Pseudochirotenon eocaenicus sp. nov., Perapion rasnitsyni sp. nov., Archaeoheilus scudderi sp. nov., A. ovalis sp. nov., Primocentron wickhami sp. nov., and Eudiagogus vossi sp. nov., from the Early–Middle Eocene of the Green River are described. New combinations of names (Apionion evestigatum (Scudder, 1893), comb. nov., Archaeoheilus packardii (Scudder, 1893), comb. nov., A. provectus (Scudder, 1876), comb. nov., A. deleticius (Scudder, 1893), comb. nov., A. lacoei (Scudder, 1893), comb. nov., Pseudophaops perditus (Scudder, 1876), comb. nov.) are established. The first fossil records of the tribe Ecelonerini from the New World and genus Perapion from the Green River Formation are provided.
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About the authors
A. A. Legalov
Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals
Author for correspondence.
Email: fossilweevils@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630091