Philonthus marcelli Heer 1856 (rove beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

Full reference: O. Heer. 1856. Ueber die fossilen Insekten von Aix in der Provence. Vierteljahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich 1:1-40

Belongs to Philonthus according to L. H. Herman 2001

See also Heer 1856 and Oustalet 1874

Sister taxa: Philonthus abavus, Philonthus bituminosus, Philonthus bojeri, Philonthus claudus, Philonthus hades, Philonthus horni, Philonthus invelatus, Philonthus kneri, Philonthus linki, Philonthus marcidulus, Philonthus rhadamanthus, Philonthus rotundicollis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Aix-en-Provence (Murchison collection), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - large limestone in the Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation of France

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Aix-en-Provence (Murchison collection)

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