Talk:Mesophyletidae

A fact from Mesophyletidae appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 17 May 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that mesophyletid weevils have only been found in Burmese amber?

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Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 11:21, 10 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Weevil in Burmese amber

... that mesophyletid weevils (pictured) are only found in Burmese amber?
- ALT1:... that mesophyletid weevils (pictured) were likely arboreal?

Reviewed: Marginitermes hubbardi
Comment: Reviewed Pterotermes of the nomination

Created by Kevmin (talk). Self-nominated at 00:06, 1 May 2020 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: ALT0 is good. According to the article, they have only been found in Burmese amber so far, but the original hook is not incorrect. epicgenius (talk) 15:23, 1 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]