Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Full reference: A. J. Brunke, D. Żyła, and A. Solodovnikov. 2019. Taxonomic names, in Baltic amber Staphylinini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae): a rove beetle fauna on the eve of our modern climate. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 187:166-197
Belongs to Laevisaurus according to A. J. Brunke et al. 2019
Sister taxon: Laevisaurus gracilis
Type specimen: Hoffeins 1615-1, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Denmark (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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