†Protoclaviger trichodens Parker and Grimaldi 2014 (rove beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Full reference: J. Parker and D. A. Grimaldi. 2014. Specialized myrmecophily at the ecological dawn of modern ants. Current Biology 24:2428-2434
Belongs to Protoclaviger according to J. Parker and D. A. Grimaldi 2014
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH Tad-490, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Cambay amber, Tadkeshwar lignite mine (AMNH/BSIPL collection), which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in India.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Cambay amber, Tadkeshwar lignite mine (AMNH/BSIPL collection)
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