<i>Groehnius</i>, a new genus of Eugnomini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Eocene Baltic amber

Abstract

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> A new weevil, <i>Groehnius electrum </i>Bukejs and Legalov, gen. et sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae), is described from Eocene Baltic amber. This new genus is similar to the genus <i>Archaeoeugnomus</i> Legalov, 2016 from Baltic amber but differs in the femora without ventral teeth, and the scape not reaching the anterior margin of the eye. It is the second record of the tribe Eugnomini in the Eocene.</p>

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

“…Voss [24,25] and Zherikhin [26] described many weevils from Baltic amber in three articles [24][25][26]; later, 15 species were also described [27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37]. In 2012, the present author began a study of the Curculionoidea in Baltic amber [2,[38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53] and described 48 species. Data on Curculionoidea are also given in general works devoted to amber [54][55][56][57][58], catalogs [59,60], and descriptions in scientific collections [61][62][63].…”