†Scydmaenus linqibini Yin and Zhou 2020 (antlike stone beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Full reference: Z. W. Yin and D. Y. Zhou. 2020. Scydmaenus linqibini sp. nov., a new fossil Scydmaenini in mid-Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Palaeoentomology 3:36-40
Belongs to Scydmaenus according to Z. W. Yin and D. Y. Zhou 2020
Sister taxa: Scydmaenus heeri, Scydmaenus minor
Type specimen: SNUC-Paleo-0084, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Shanghai Normal University SNUC collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Shanghai Normal University SNUC collection)
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