†Mesostaphylinus laiyangensis Zhang 1988 (rove beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Full reference: J. F. Zhang. 1988. The Late Jurassic fossil Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) of China. Acta Entomologica Sinica 31:79-84
Belongs to Mesostaphylinus according to L. H. Herman 2001
See also Zhang 1988
Sister taxa: Mesostaphylinus antiquus, Mesostaphylinus elongatus, Mesostaphylinus yixianus
Type specimen: Shandong Museum L84136, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Nanligezhuang, Tuanwang Town, Laiyang City (Shandong Prov. Mus.), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large shale in the Laiyang Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Nanligezhuang, Tuanwang Town, Laiyang City (Shandong Prov. Mus.)
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