Checklist of Mesozoic Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) with description of new taxa

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Andrei Legalov


Keywords : Coleoptera, Curculionoidea, Jurassic, Cretaceous, checklist, new taxa.
Abstract
129 species of the Curculionid-beetles are known from the Mesozoic (Obrieniidae – 7, Nemonychidae – 74, Ithyceridae – 29, Belidae – 4, Anthribidae – 2, Rhynchitidae – 3, Brentidae – 2, Curculionidae – 7, Scolytidae – 1). New genera Cretoxenoides Legalov, gen.n. (type species: Cretoxenoides erdeniensis Legalov, sp.n.), Buryatnemonyx Legalov, gen.n. (type species: Buryatnemonyx gratshevi Legalov, sp.n.), Selengarhynchoides Legalov, gen.n. (type species: Selengarhynchoides sharyngolensis Legalov, sp.n.), Creterhirhinus Legalov, gen.n. (type species: Creterhirhinus kzyldzharensis Legalov, sp.n.), Archaralites Legalov, gen.n. (type species: Archaralites zherichini Legalov, sp.n.), and new species Oxycorynoides gurvanensis Legalov, sp.n. (Mongolia, Lower Cretaceous), Cretoxenoides erdeniensis Legalov, sp.n. (Mongolia, Lower Cretaceous), Buryatnemonyx gratshevi Legalov, sp.n. (Buryatiya, Lower Cretaceous), Selengarhynchoides sharyngolensis Legalov, sp.n. (Mongolia, Lower Cretaceous), Gobicar ulugeiensis Legalov, sp.n. (Mongolia, Upper Jurassic – Lower Cretaceous), Creterhirhinus kzyldzharensis Legalov, sp.n. (Kazakhstan, Upper Cretaceous), Archaralites zherichini Legalov, sp.n. (Arhara, Upper Cretaceous - Palaeocene).

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