ABSTRACT
Some straight-snouted weevils enter the galleries of bark beetles for oviposition and possible predation. In order to navigate these narrow tunnels these beetles have evolved a narrow, elongate body form (Figure A1). The straight-snouted weevil, Dominibrentus leptus, from Dominican amber, has such a narrow body and also possesses body concavities for the reception of its legs. However, in contrast to extant straightsnouted weevils that have cavities for just the front two pairs of legs, Dominibrentus has cavities for the reception of all
three pairs of legs (Poinar, 2009a). Apparently, the fossil weevil also used its tarsal spines, tibial pegs, and hardened hair tufts to move through the tunnels of platypodids and scolytids as it deposited its eggs after ejecting or devouring the inhabitants.
