†Laevisaurus gracilis Brunke et al. 2019 (rove beetle)
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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 robustus
Type specimen: NHMD296532, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Danish Amber (University of Copenhagen ZMUC, NHMD Collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Denmark.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Danish Amber (University of Copenhagen ZMUC, NHMD Collection)
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