Paraphloeostiba electrica Zanetti et al. 2016 (rove beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

Full reference: A. Zanetti, M. Perreau, and A. Solodovnikov. 2016. Two new fossil species of Omaliinae from Baltic amber (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) and their significance for understanding the Eocene-Oligocene climate. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 74:53-64

Belongs to Paraphloeostiba according to A. Zanetti et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Paraphloeostiba dominicana, Paraphloeostiba morosa

Type specimen: ZMUC-900029, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Danish Amber (University of Copenhagen ZMUC, NHMD Collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Denmark.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Danish Amber (University of Copenhagen ZMUC, NHMD Collection)

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