Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Alternative spelling: Baltognathini
Full reference: A. J. Brunke, D. Żyła, and A. Solodovnikov. 2019. Taxonomic names, in Baltic amber Staphylinini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae): a rove beetle fauna on the eve of our modern climate. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 187:166-197
Parent taxon: Staphylinini according to J. L. Reyes‐Hernández et al. 2025
See also Brunke et al. 2019, Tihelka et al. 2020 and Żyła and Solodovnikov 2020
Sister taxa: Acylophorina, Algonina, Anisolinina, Cretoquedius, Cyrtoquediina, Durothorax, Philonthina, Quediina, Staphylinina, Xanthopygina
Subtaxa: Baltognathus
Type: Baltognathus
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (ZMUC/NHMD collection) (Eocene of Russian Federation)