New Apioninae (Coleoptera: Brentidae) in Dominican amber

New Anthribidae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) in Dominican and Mexican ambers

“…Currently the Mexican amber weevil fauna is represented by three species of the families Rhynchitidae and Curculionidae (Zimmermann, 1971;Poinar and Brown, 2007), while Dominican amber contains some 90 species of the families Belidae, Rhynchitidae, Attelabidae, Brentidae and Curculionidae (Davis and Engel, 2006a, 2006b, 2006c, 2007Poinar, 2009;Poinar and Brown, 2011;Poinar et al, 2013Poinar et al, , 2016Poinar and Legalov, 2014a, 2014b, 2014c, 2014d, 2015a, 2015b2015c, 2015d. The above descriptions of Anthribidae add yet another family of curculionid beetles to the New World amber faunas.…”

Two new weevil genera of the family Brentidae (Coleoptera) in Baltic amber

“…The most ancient Apioninae is known from the Turonian of Kzyl-Dzhar in Kazakhstan (Legalov 2014). Representatives of the subfamily Apioninae are also known from the Paleocene of the Primorski Region (Legalov 2015b), the Eocene French and Baltic ambers (Kirejtshuk et al 2015, Legalov 2015b, Legalov & Bukejs 2015, Middle Eocene of Green River (Scudder 1893, Legalov 2018c, terminal Eocene of Florissant (Scudder 1893, Legalov 2013, 2015a, Miocene Dominican amber (Poinar & Legalov 2015) and several Oligocene and Miocene European and Chinese locations (Legalov 2015b). Modern Apioninae are known everywhere.…”

New Curculioninae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Dominican amber

“…Weevils of the subfamily Curculioninae are diverse with respect to morphology and physiology. Recent studies by the authors have shown that the Dominican amber weevil fauna is represented by 73 species from 32 genera in the families Belidae, Brentidae and Curculionidae Poinar and Brown, 2011;Poinar et al, 2013;Poinar and Legalov, 2014a, 2014b, 2014c, 2014d, 2015a, 2015b2015c, 2015d.…”