Festenus Żyła et al. 2017 (rove beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

Full reference: D. Żyła, S. Yamamoto, K. Wolf-Schwenninger and A. Solodovnikov. 2017. Cretaceous origin of the unique prey-capture apparatus in megadiverse genus: stem lineage of Steninae rove beetles discovered in Burmese amber. Scientific Reports 7(45904):1-15

Parent taxon: Steninae according to S. Yamamoto 2025

See also Żyła et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Afristenus, Dianous, Eocenostenus, Stenus

Subtaxa: Festenus annodutt Festenus gracilis Festenus microraptor Festenus robustus

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Type: Festenus robustus

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Myanmar (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections including 7 occurrences

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