Ptomascopus Kraatz 1877 (rove beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Parent taxon: Nicrophorinae according to J. Rŭžička 2015
See also Carpenter 1992 and Sikes et al. 2002
Sister taxa: Cretosaja, Nicrophorus, Palaeosilpha
Subtaxa: Ptomascopus aveyronensis
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Oligocene of France (3 collections)
• Cretaceous of China (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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