†Diminudon schomannae Żyła et al. 2019 (rove beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Full reference: D. Żyła, S. Yamamoto, and J. Jenkins Shaw. 2019. Total-evidence approach reveals an extinct lineage of Paederinae rove beetles from Cretaceous Burmese amber. Palaeontology 62:935-949
Belongs to Diminudon according to J. Janák 2024
See also Żyła et al. 2019
Sister taxon: Diminudon kachinensis
Type specimen: NHMD_266366, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber (NHMD collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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