†Protolisthaerus jurassicus Cai et al. 2015 (rove beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Full reference: C. Y. Cai, R. Beattie, and D. Y. Huang. 2015. Jurassic olisthaerine rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae): 165 million years of morphological and probably behavioral stasis. Gondwana Research 28:425-431
Belongs to Protolisthaerus according to S. Chatzimanolis 2018
See also Cai et al. 2015
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NIGP 156218, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (NIGP collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Daohugou (NIGP collection)
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