†Protopeplus cretaceus Cai and Huang 2014 (rove beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Full reference: C. Y. Cai and D. Y. Huang. 2014. The oldest micropepline beetle from Cretaceous Burmese amber and its phylogenetic implications (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Naturwissenschaften 101:813-817
Belongs to Protopeplus according to C. Y. Cai and D. Y. Huang 2014
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NIGP 152731, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection)
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