Two new weevil tribes (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) from Burmese amber

ABSTRACT

In this article, two new tribes, Burmomaceratini n. trib. with type genus Burmomacer n. gen. and Burmocorynini n. trib. with type genus Burmocorynus n. gen., two new genera, Burmomacer n. gen. with type species Burmomacer kirejtshuki n. sp. and Burmocorynus n. gen. with type species Burmocorynus jarzembowskii n. sp. and two new species, Burmomacer kirejtshuki n. sp. and Burmocorynus jarzembowskii n. sp. of the families Nemonychidae and Belidae from Cretaceous Burmese amber are described and illustrated. Burmomaceratini differ from all tribes of the subfamily Rhinorhynchinae in the widely separate procoxal cavities. Burmocorynini differ from the tribe Archicorynini in the loose club articles, long pronotum without lateral carinae, antennae inserted at base of rostrum, narrow forehead and large eyes. This is the first record of the family Belidae in the Burmese amber.

KEYWORDS:

• Curculionoidea
• Nemonychidae
• Belidae
• Rhinorhynchinae
• Oxycoryninae
• new taxa
• Myanmar
• Cretaceous
• Burmese amber

Acknowledgments

The author thanks Dr. G.O. Poinar, Jr (USA: Corvallis) for improving the manuscript.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.