A Review of the Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) from European Eocene Ambers

Abstract

All 142 known species of Curculionoidea in Eocene amber are documented, including one species of Nemonychidae, 16 species of Anthribidae, six species of Belidae, 10 species of Rhynchitidae, 13 species of Brentidae, 70 species of Curcuionidae, two species of Platypodidae, and 24 species of Scolytidae. Oise amber has eight species, Baltic amber has 118 species, and Rovno amber has 16 species. Nine new genera and 18 new species are described from Baltic amber. Four new synonyms are noted: Palaeometrioxena Legalov, 2012, syn. nov. is synonymous with Archimetrioxena Voss, 1953; Paleopissodes weigangae Ulke, 1947, syn. nov. is synonymous with Electrotribus theryi Hustache, 1942; Electrotribus erectosquamata Rheinheimer, 2007, syn. nov. is synonymous with Succinostyphlus mroczkowskii Kuska, 1996; Protonaupactus Zherikhin, 1971, syn. nov. is synonymous with Paonaupactus Voss, 1953. Keys for Eocene amber Curculionoidea are given. There are the first records of Aedemonini and Camarotini, and genera Limalophus and Cenocephalus in Baltic amber.

Taxonomic Review of Fossil Coleopterous Families (Insecta, Coleoptera). Suborder Archostemata: Superfamilies Coleopseoidea and Cupedoidea

“…However, even taking into consideration the deficiencies published in the previous taxonomic generalizations on fossil beetles, such as Handlirsch [1], Rohdendorf [2], Carpenter [3] and others, it is difficult to overestimate their significance in research and usage in different fields of knowledge. In recent decades, publication of numerous separate annotated lists of fossil beetles on separate groups or palaeofaunas provided many very important contributions (for examples, reviews and catalogues [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23], and many others).…”

The first record of Brentidae (Coleoptera) in Eocene Rovno amber with description of a new fossil species of <i>Toxorhynchus</i> Scudder, 1893

“…The most ancient Apioninae were described from the Turonian of Kazakhstan (Kzyl- Dzhar) (Legalov, 2014). Representatives of this subfamily are also known from the Paleocene of the south of the Russian Far East and France (Legalov et al, 2017), Eocene Oise amber (Kirejtshuk et al, 2015) and Baltic amber Legalov and Bukejs, 2015), Middle Eocene of Roan Mountain (Scudder, 1893) and Green River (Legalov, 2018b), Upper Eocene of Florissant (Scudder, 1893, Legalov, 2013, etc. The richest apionine fauna is described from the lower Miocene Dominican amber (Poinar Jr. and Legalov, 2015).…”

Revised checklist of weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea excluding Scolytidae and Platypodidae) from Siberia and the Russian Far East

“…The systematics of studied taxa are from Legalov's works (Gratshev and Legalov 2014;Legalov 2015Legalov , 2017aLegalov , 2017bLegalov , 2017cLegalov , 2018aLegalov , 2018cLegalov , 2018dLegalov , 2020aLegalov , 2020bLegalov , 2020cLegalov , 2020d.…”