Micropeplus pengweii Jiang et al. 2020 (rove beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

Full reference: R. X. Jiang, Z. Peng, and S. Wang. 2020. The oldest Micropeplus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Micropeplinae) species from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 106(104218)

Belongs to Micropeplus according to R. X. Jiang et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Micropeplus caelatus, Micropeplus cribratus, Micropeplus fulvus, Micropeplus hoogendorni, Micropeplus hopkinsi, Micropeplus laticollis, Micropeplus macrofulvus, Micropeplus nelsoni, Micropeplus porcatus, Micropeplus punctatus, Micropeplus staphylinoides

Type specimen: QUST-INSECT-0005, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber (QUST collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (QUST collection)

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