†Vetuproteinus cretaceus Cai et al. 2016 (rove beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Full reference: C. Y. Cai, A. F. Newton, and M. K. Thayer. 2016. Taxonomic names, in Specialized proteinine rove beetles shed light on insect-fungal associations in the Cretaceous. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 283:20161439
Belongs to Vetuproteinus according to S. Chatzimanolis 2018
See also Cai et al. 2016
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NIGP 164466, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection)
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