†Nordenskioldia pentatarsus Lefebvre et al. 2005 (rove beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Alternative combination: Libanoeuaesthetus pentatarsus
Full reference: F. Lefebvre, B. Vincent, D. Azar and A. Nel. 2005. The oldest beetle of the Euaesthetinae (Staphylinidae) from Early Cretaceous Lebanese amber. Cretaceous Research 26:207-211
Belongs to Nordenskioldia according to S. Chatzimanolis 2018
See also Lefebvre et al. 2005 and Puthz 2008
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Azar 1008, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Lebanese amber, Mdeyrij-Hammana (LU collection), which is in a Barremian terrestrial amber in Lebanon.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Lebanese amber, Mdeyrij-Hammana (LU collection)
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