†Mesosymbion compactus Yamamoto et al. 2016 (rove beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Full reference: S. Yamamoto, M. Maruyama, and J. Parker. 2016. Evidence for social parasitism of early insect societies by Cretaceous rove beetles. Nature Communications 7(13658):1-9
Belongs to Mesosymbion according to S. Chatzimanolis 2018
See also Yamamoto et al. 2016
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH Bu-SY5, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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