†Mesostaphylinus Zhang 1988 (rove beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

Full reference: J. F. Zhang. 1988. The Late Jurassic fossil Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) of China. Acta Entomologica Sinica 31:79-84

Parent taxon: Paederinae according to S. Mnguni et al. 2024

See also Bogri et al. 2018, Chatzimanolis 2018, Herman 2001, Solodovnikov et al. 2013 and Zhang 1988

Sister taxa: Lathrobiini, Lithoplanes, Paederini, Pinophilini

Subtaxa: Mesostaphylinus antiquus Mesostaphylinus elongatus Mesostaphylinus laiyangensis Mesostaphylinus orapa Mesostaphylinus yixianus

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Type: Mesostaphylinus laiyangensis

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Botswana (1 collection), China (2)

Total: 3 collections including 5 occurrences

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