†Apticax solidus Schomann and Solodovnikov 2012 (rove beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Full reference: A. Schomann and A. Solodovnikov. 2012. A new genus of Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) from the Lower Cretaceous: the first fossil rove beetles from the southern hemisphere. Systematic Entomology 37:379-386
Belongs to Apticax according to A. Schomann and A. Solodovnikov 2012
Sister taxon: Apticax volans
Type specimen: SMNS 66453, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Crato (SMNS collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Crato (SMNS collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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