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ISSN 0031-0301, Paleontological Journal, 2019, Vol. 53, No. 7, pp. 729–751. © Pleiades Publishing, Ltd., 2019.
New Weevils (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea)
from the Earlymost Eocene Oise Amber
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A. A. Legalov
a, b,
*, A. G. Kirejtshuk
c, d,
**, and A. Nel
d,
***
a
Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals SB RAS, Novosibirsk, 630091 Russia
b
Tomsk State University, Tomsk, 634050 Russia
c
Zoological Institute RAS, St. Petersburg, 199034 Russia
d
CNRS, MNHN, UPMC, EPHE, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Sorbonne Universités, Paris, 75005 France
*e-mail: fossilweevils@gmail.com
**e-mail: kirejtshuk@gmail.com
***e-mail: anel@mnhn.fr
Received August 3, 2018
Abstract—Several new tribes, genera and species of Curculionoidea are described from the earlymost Eocene
Oise amber (France), viz., the new tribes Oiserhinini trib. nov. (type genus: Oiserhinus gen. nov.) (in Anthrib-
idae: Anthribinae), Palaeotanaini trib. nov. (type genus: Palaeotanaos Kirejtshuk, Legalov et Nel, 2015) (in
Brentidae: Apioninae), Sciabregmini trib. nov. (type genus: Sciabregma Scudder 1893) (in Curculionidae:
Molytinae); the new genera Oiserhinus gen. nov. (type species: Oiserhinus insolitus sp. nov.), Oisecalles gen.
nov. (type species: Oisecalles latosquamosus sp. nov.) in Cryptorhynchini: Cryptorhynchina), Rhinoporkus
gen. nov. (type species: Rhinoporkus gratiosus sp. nov.) (in Dryophthorinae: Dryophthorini), Jantarhinus gen.
nov. (type species: Jantarhinus compressus sp. nov.) (in Conoderinae: Conoderini), Jantaronosik gen. nov.
(type species: Jantaronosik nebulosus sp. nov.) (in Curculioninae: Acalyptini), Tolstonosik gen. nov. (type spe-
cies: Tolstonosik oisensis sp. nov.) (in Entiminae: Eudiagogini); and the new species Oiserhinus insolitus sp.
nov., Sciabregma squamosa sp. nov., Oisecalles latosquamosus sp. nov., Rhinoporkus gratiosus sp. nov., Jantar-
hinus compressus sp. nov., Jantaronosik nebulosus sp. nov., and Tolstonosik oisensis sp. nov. The generic name
Protoceletes Rheinheimer, 2007, syn. nov. is synonymized under Electrotribus Hustache, 1942. New combi-
nation of name (Electrotribus wolfschwenningerae (Rheinheimer, 2007), comb. nov. is established. Synopsis of
the weevil findings from described groups are presented.
Keywords: Anthribinae, Apioninae, Molytinae, Conoderinae, Curculioninae, Entiminae, new taxa, Palaeo-
gene, France
DOI: 10.1134/S0031030119070049
INTRODUCTION
The curculionoids represent one of main coleop-
terous groups of the Cenozoic faunas (Ponomarenko
et al., 2009; Kirejtshuk et al., 2019), although most
these fossils still remain poorly studied. They remain
the most numerous phytophagous extant clade
(Zherikhin, 2002; Oberprieler et al., 2014). As phy-
tophagous organisms, their impact on the Cenozoic
terrestrial biotas was considerable (Ponomarenko,
2002). Their diversity became increasingly important
during the late Cretaceous and Palaeogene (Legalov,
2012, 2013). During these periods they already
demonstrated a rather wide range of ecological prefer-
ences (Ponomarenko et al., 2009; Legalov, 2015;
Kirejtshuk et al., 2017). This peculiarity makes this
group very important for the reconstructions of eco-
logical and biotic circumstances. The curculionoids
are a quite characteristic part of the coleopterous
inclusions in the earlymost Eocene Oise amber (Kire-
jtshuk and Nel, 2013). This paper aims to describe
some new taxa and propose some preliminary general-
izations based on specimens obtained from this
source. Only Palaeotanaos oisensis has been described
before (Kirejtshuk et al., 2015). These data are oldest
than those from the Eocene Baltic amber (of a differ-
ent botanical source) and important for further histor-
ical interpretations.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
The holotypes of the species here described and
most additional specimens of Palaeotanaos oisensis are
housed in the Muséum national d’histoire naturelle
(Paris). One additional specimen of P. oisensis
(“PA 533”) is deposited in the Zoological Institute of
the Russian Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg).
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