Caulophilus ashei DAVIS & ENGEL 2006a

Davis, S. R. & Engel, M. S., 2007, Cossonine weevils in Dominican amber (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 39 (2), pp. 803-820 : 803-820

Caulophilus ashei DAVIS & ENGEL 2006a ( Fig 3 )

Caulophilus ashei DAVIS & ENGEL 2006a: 102 .

N e w m a t e r i a l: USNM 506622 (= Woodruff #11495), amber, Dominican Republic, Early Miocene (Burdigalian).

C o m m e n t s: This species, the first cossonine documented in Dominican amber, was recently described in detail and that discussion is, therefore, not repeated here. Refer to DAVIS & ENGEL (2006a) for a complete account of the species.

Figures

Figs 1-4: Photomicrographs of Dominican amber cossonine weevils. (1) holotype of Micromimus orcus nov.sp. (USNM 505348); (2) paratype of M. orcus (USNM 5053243); (3) holotype of Caulophilus ashei DAVIS & ENGEL 2006a (AMNH DR-10-809); (4) holotype of C. falini nov.sp. (USNM 505815).