Paleosorius Ortega-Blanco et al. 2013 (rove beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

Full reference: J. Ortega-Blanco, S. Chatzimanolis, and M. S. Engel. 2013. Taxonomic names, in The oldest fossil of the subfamily Osoriinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), from Eocene Cambay amber (India). The Coleopterists Bulletin 67:304-308

Parent taxon: Thoracophorini according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2016

See also Ortega-Blanco et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Clavilispinina, Lispinina, Lispinomimus, Thoracophorina

Subtaxa: Paleosorius cambayensis

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Cambay amber, Tadkeshwar lignite mine (AMNH/BSIPL collection) (Eocene of India)

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