†Festenus Żyła et al. 2017 (rove beetle)
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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
Type: Festenus robustus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections including 7 occurrences
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