Cenocephalus quasiexquisitus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Curculionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Superfamilia: Curculionoidea

Familia: Curculionidae
Subfamilia: Platypodinae
Tribus: Tesserocerini
Subtribus: Tesserocerina
Genus: Cenocephalus
Species: †Cenocephalus quasiexquisitus

Name

• Cenocephalus quasiexquisitus Davis & Engel, 2007 ZooBank
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated and unique
    • Description: adult male
    • Repository: USNM 505815 (Woodruff #10265)
  • Type locality and horizon: 'Dominican amber, Early Miocene - Burdigalian'

References

• Davis, S.R. & Engel, M.S. 2007. A new ambrosia beetle in Miocene amber of the Dominican Republic (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Platypodinae). Alavesia 1: 121–124. Reference page.