Abstract
Abstract. A new weevil species – Baris grossacavis Poinar and Legalov, sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) – is described from Dominican amber. The new species is close to Baris rubripes Casey, 1892, but differs by possessing large punctures over much of its body, including the pronotum; elytral intervals with rows of narrow scales, and narrow elytral intervals. The fossil is the first record of the subfamily Baridinae from any amber source and the first record from the Miocene.
Highlights
Beetles of the subfamily Baridinae from the family Curculionidae are a monophyletic group, sometimes considered as a separate family (Zherikhin and Gratshev, 1995)
Recent studies have shown that the Dominican amber weevil fauna is quite extensive (Davis and Engel, 2006a, b, c, 2007, 2009; Poinar, 2009; Poinar and Brown, 2011; Poinar et al, 2013; Poinar and Legalov, 2014a, b, c, d, e, f); no members of the subfamily Baridinae had previously been recovered from this fossil source
The present study describes the first representative of the subfamily Baridinae from Dominican amber
Summary
Beetles of the subfamily Baridinae from the family Curculionidae are a monophyletic group, sometimes considered as a separate family (Zherikhin and Gratshev, 1995). The systematics of this group are rather complicated (AlonsoZarazaga and Lyal, 1999; Morimoto and Yoshihara, 1996), but the morphology is well known (Davis, 2009). Recent studies have shown that the Dominican amber weevil fauna is quite extensive (Davis and Engel, 2006a, b, c, 2007, 2009; Poinar, 2009; Poinar and Brown, 2011; Poinar et al, 2013; Poinar and Legalov, 2014a, b, c, d, e, f); no members of the subfamily Baridinae had previously been recovered from this fossil source. The present study describes the first representative of the subfamily Baridinae from Dominican amber
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