Archemastax divida Yin et al. 2019 (antlike stone beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

Full reference: Z. W. Yin, D. Y. Zhou, C. Y. Cai and A. F. Newton. 2019. Transitional fossils illuminate early evolution of the ant-like stone beetle tribe Leptomastacini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 17:2031-2042

Belongs to Archemastax according to Z. W. Yin et al. 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NIGP168713, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP 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

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