†Clidicostigus arachnipes Jałoszyński et al. 2017 (antlike stone beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Synonyms: Cascomastigus monstrabilis Yin and Cai 2017, Clidicostigus monstrabilis Yin and Cai 2017
Full reference: P. Jałoszyński, A. J. Brunke, and M. Bai. 2017. Taxonomic names, in Clidicostigus gen. nov., the first Mesozoic genus of Mastigini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) from Cenomanian Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 72:110-116
Belongs to Clidicostigus according to P. Jałoszyński et al. 2018
See also Jałoszyński et al. 2017, Yin and Cai 2017 and Yin and Zhuo 2019
Sister taxon: Cascomastigus minor
Type specimens:
- Clidicostigus arachnipes: EMTG BU-001212, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (EMTG collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
- Cascomastigus monstrabilis: SNUC-Paleo-0005, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Shanghai Normal University SNUC collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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