Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Full reference: S. Chatzimanolis and M. S. Engel. 2013. The fauna of Staphylininae in Dominican amber (Coleoptera: Staphylindae). Annals of the Carnegie Museum 81:281-294
Belongs to Philonthus according to S. Chatzimanolis and M. S. Engel 2013
Sister taxa: Philonthus abavus, Philonthus bituminosus, Philonthus bojeri, Philonthus claudus, Philonthus horni, Philonthus invelatus, Philonthus kneri, Philonthus linki, Philonthus marcelli, Philonthus marcidulus, Philonthus rhadamanthus, Philonthus rotundicollis
Type specimen: AMNH DR-10-1216, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (AMNH coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (AMNH coll)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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