†Cretochirus Yamamoto 2019 (rove beetle)
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.
Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Full reference: S. Yamamoto. 2019. Taxonomic names, in First and oldest Leptochirini rove beetles illuminate diverse cephalic structures in the Cretaceous (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Osoriinae). Systematic Entomology 44:588-611
Parent taxon: Leptochirini according to S. Yamamoto 2025
See also Yamamoto 2019
Sister taxon: Priochirus
Subtaxa: Cretochirus elongatus Cretochirus newtoni
Type: Cretochirus newtoni
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.