Coproporus electron Yamamoto 2016 (rove beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

Full reference: S. Yamamoto. 2016. Taxonomic names, in Coproporus electron sp. nov., the first tachyporine rove beetle in Dominican amber (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). PalZ 90:629-635

Belongs to Coproporus according to S. Yamamoto 2021

See also Yamamoto 2016

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AMNH DR-SY1, 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)

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