†Protopeplus Cai and Huang 2014 (rove beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Full reference: C. Y. Cai and D. Y. Huang. 2014. The oldest micropepline beetle from Cretaceous Burmese amber and its phylogenetic implications (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Naturwissenschaften 101:813-817
Parent taxon: Micropeplinae according to C. Y. Cai and D. Y. Huang 2014
Sister taxa: Arrhenopeplus, Kalissus, Micropeplus
Subtaxa: Protopeplus cretaceus
Type: Protopeplus cretaceus
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)
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