Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Alternative combination: Mesotachyporus puer
Full reference: V. I. Gusarov. 2000. Mesotachyporus puer, a new genus and species of Cretaceous Tachyporinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from New Jersey amber. Studies on Fossils in Amber, with Particular Reference to the Cretaceous of New Jersey 255-258
Belongs to Tachyporus according to S. Yamamoto 2021
See also Chatzimanolis 2018, Gusarov 2000 and Herman 2001
Sister taxa: Tachyporus annosus, Tachyporus bicoloratus, Tachyporus borealis, Tachyporus burmiticus, Tachyporus elegans, Tachyporus nimbicola, Tachyporus rulomus, Tachyporus sepultus
Type specimen: AMNH NJ-783, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits), which is in a Turonian delta plain amber/lignite in the Raritan Formation of New Jersey.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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