†Palaeosilpha Flach 1890 (rove beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Full reference: K. Flach. 1890. Ueber zwei fossile Silphiden (Coleoptera) aus den Phosphoriten von Caylux. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1890:105-109
Parent taxon: Nicrophorinae according to D. S. Sikes et al. 2002
See also Carpenter 1992
Sister taxa: Cretosaja, Nicrophorus, Ptomascopus
Subtaxa: Palaeosilpha fraasii
Type: Palaeosilpha fraasii
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Caylux (Oligocene of France)
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