†Yprezethinus grimaldii Parker 2022 (rove beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Full reference: J. Parker. 2022. Transitional morphology and Afrotropical affinity of a bythinoplectine rove beetle from the early Eocene of India (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). Palaeoentomology 5:452-460
Belongs to Yprezethinus according to J. Parker 2022
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH Tad-130, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Cambay amber, Tadkeshwar lignite mine (AMNH/BSIPL collection), which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in India.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Cambay amber, Tadkeshwar lignite mine (AMNH/BSIPL collection)
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