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New Weevils (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea) from the Earlymost Eocene Oise Amber

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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 Anthribidae: 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: Oiserhinusinsolitus 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 species: Tolstonosikoisensis sp. nov.) (in Entiminae: Eudiagogini); and the new species Oiserhinusinsolitus sp. nov., Sciabregmasquamosa sp. nov., Oisecalles latosquamosus sp. nov., Rhinoporkus gratiosus sp. nov., Jantarhinus compressus sp. nov., Jantaronosik nebulosus sp. nov., and Tolstonosikoisensis sp. nov. The generic name Protoceletes Rheinheimer, 2007, syn. nov. is synonymized under Electrotribus Hustache, 1942. New combination of name (Electrotribuswolfschwenningerae (Rheinheimer, 2007), comb. nov. is established. Synopsis of the weevil findings from described groups are presented.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors greatly thank Dany Azar (Lebanese University) for his assistance in preparation of some specimens for study and Cyril Willig (Museum national d’histoire naturelle, Paris) for his assistance in study of the holotype of Oiserhinusinsolitus sp. nov. under fluorescence microscope.

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The study of the first author was partially supported by the Federal Fundamental Scientific Research Programme for 2013–2020 (grant number no. AAAA-A16-116121410121-7) and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (grant number no. 19-04-00465-a). The study of the second author was partly carried out under the framework of the Russian state research project no. АААА-А17-17 117030310210-3, programme of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences “Evolution of organic world. Significance and influence of planetary processes”, Sorbonne Universités (Programme d’Accueil de Chercheurs de Haut Niveau) and the Russian Foundation of Basic Research (grant no. 18-04-00243-a).

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  2. Tomsk State University, 634050, Tomsk, Russia

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  3. Zoological Institute RAS, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russia

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Legalov, A.A., Kirejtshuk, A.G. & Nel, A. New Weevils (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea) from the Earlymost Eocene Oise Amber. Paleontol. J. 53, 729–751 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030119070049

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