Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Full reference: E. Gersdorf. 1976. Dritter Beitrag über Käfer (Coleoptera) aus dem Jungtertiär von Willershausen, Bl. Northeim 4226. Geologisches Jahrbuch, Reihe A 36:103-145
Belongs to Micropeplus according to J. Jenkins Shaw et al. 2024
See also Gersdorf 1976 and Herman 2001
Sister taxa: Micropeplus caelatus, Micropeplus cribratus, Micropeplus fulvus, Micropeplus hoogendorni, Micropeplus hopkinsi, Micropeplus laticollis, Micropeplus nelsoni, Micropeplus pengweii, Micropeplus porcatus, Micropeplus punctatus, Micropeplus staphylinoides
Type specimen: GZG 23935, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Willershausen clay pit (GZG collection), which is in a Piacenzian pond marl in Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Willershausen clay pit (GZG collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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