Five new species from the subfamily entiminae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in dominican amber

Abstract

Five new species of Entiminae weevils are described from Dominican amber: Diaprepes squamula sp. nov., resembling D. famelicus (Olivier, 1790) from the West Indies; Lachnopus serraticrus sp. nov., resembling L. acuticollis (Gyllenhal, 1834) from Cuba and L. proteus (Olivier, 1807) from Hispaniola in the tribe Eustylini; Apodrosus tinctocorpus sp. nov., resembling A. andersoni Girón and Franz, 2010 and A. quisqueyanus Girón and Franz, 2010 from Hispaniola; Apodrosus canalinasus sp. nov., resembling A. viridium Girón and Franz, 2010 from Hispaniola in the tribe Polydrusini; and Promecops divarichela sp. nov., resembling P. uniformis Champion, 1911 from Guatemala and P. alternans Champion, 1911 from Central America in the tribe Eudiagogini. These are the first descriptions of representatives of the genera Apodrosus, Diaprepes, and Lachnopus in Dominican amber.