Prosolierius thayerae Yamamoto 2023 (rove beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

Full reference: S. Yamamoto. 2023. A new species of Prosolierius rove beetle with highly modified antennae from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber of northern Myanmar (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Solieriinae). Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 26(102075)

Belongs to Prosolierius according to S. Yamamoto 2023

Sister taxa: Prosolierius antennatus, Prosolierius crassicornis, Prosolierius mixticornis, Prosolierius parvus, Prosolierius qizhihaoi, Prosolierius tenuicornis

Type specimen: AMNH Bu-SY35, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection)

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