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)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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