Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

Full reference: S. Mnguni, I. J. McKay, and S. Badenhorst. 2022. Afristenus orapensis: A new genus and species of Steninae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) with "harpoon-like" mouthparts from the Upper Cretaceous lacustrine deposits at Orapa Diamond Mine, Botswana. Cretaceous Research 142(105398)

Parent taxon: Steninae according to S. Mnguni et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Dianous, Eocenostenus, Festenus, Stenus

Subtaxa: Afristenus orapensis

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Type: Afristenus orapensis

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Orapa (Bernard Price Institute) (Cretaceous of Botswana)

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