Arostropsis

Arostropsis is an extinct genus of broad-nosed weevil in the beetle family Curculionidae known from an Upper Eocene fossil found in Europe.

The specimen is composed of a fully complete adult male broad-nosed weevil which has been preserved as an inclusion in a transparent chunk of Baltic amber.

[1] Baltic amber dates to between forty and forty-five million years old[2] and the holotype specimen was found in the Prussian Formation.

The Arostropsis holotype was recovered from an amber quarry in Jantarny near the city of Kaliningrad along the Baltic Sea coast in Russia.

[1] The Arostropsis male adult has an overall coloration which appears to be metallic green and that is caused by numerous small lanceolate scales coating the legs and sides of the body.