†Turgaphloeus pubescens Ryvkin 1990 (rove beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Full reference: A. B. Ryvkin. 1990. Beetles, Staphylinidae, in Pozdne-Mezozoyskie Nasekomye Vostochnogo Zabaykal'ya. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 239:52-66
Belongs to Turgaphloeus according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2016
See also Herman 2001 and Ryvkin 1990
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PIN 1742/488, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Turga (PIN collection 1742), which is in an Aptian lacustrine mudstone in the Turga Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Turga (PIN collection 1742)
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