Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

Alternative combination: Mesostaphylinus fraternus

Full reference: J. F. Zhang, X. H. Wang, and G. Z. Xu. 1992. A new genus and two new species of fossil staphylinids (Coleoptera) from Laiyang, Shandong Province, China. Entomotaxonomia 14:277-281

Belongs to Thayeralinus according to A. Solodovnikov and Y. L. Yue 2013

See also Herman 2001 and Zhang et al. 1992

Sister taxa: Thayeralinus fieldi, Thayeralinus giganteus, Thayeralinus glandulifer, Thayeralinus longelytratus

Type specimen: L84139, an exoskeleton

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Nanligezhuang, Tuanwang Town, Laiyang City (Shandong Prov. Mus.) (Cretaceous of China)

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