The oldest record of straight-snouted weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Brentidae: Brentinae) from the Eocene of Germany

ABSTRACT

Eckfelderolispa, new genus, including E. petrefacta n. sp., E. perita n. sp. and E. manderschieta n. sp., and Cerobates (Cerobates) eocenicus n. sp. (Brentinae: Trachelizini) are described and illustrated from the middle Eocene Eckfeld Maar, Germany. They document the oldest fossil weevils of the tribe Trachelizini.

KEYWORDS:

• Curculionoidea
• Brentinae
• Stereodermina
• Trachelizina
• new taxa
• Germany
• Eocene

Acknowledgments

We are very indebted to Herbert Lutz and Thomas Engel (both Naturhistorisches Museum Landessammlung für Naturkunde Rheinland-Pfalz, Mainz, Germany) for providing the interesting material for study. The authors thank B.A. Korotyaev (Russia: St.-Petersburg) for the opportunity to study comparative material and also thank the reviewers, for their critical reading of the manuscript and constructive suggestions, Dr. Robert S. Anderson (Canada: Ottawa) for improving English in the manuscript. This is “Fossilfundstätte Eckfelder Maar (Mittel-Eozän)” contribution No. 153.

Disclosure statement

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