†Cretotrichopsenius burmiticus Cai et al. 2017 (rove beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Full reference: C. Y. Cai, D. Y. Huang, A. F. Newton, K. T. Eldredge, and M. S. Engel. 2017. Early evolution of specialized termitophily in Cretaceous rove beetles. Current Biology 27:1229-1235
Belongs to Cretotrichopsenius according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2017
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NIGP 164518, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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