Parabolitobius antiquus Yamamoto 2023 (rove beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

Full reference: S. Yamamoto. 2023. Parabolitobius antiquus sp. nov., the first Mesozoic amber inclusion of mycetoporine rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Mycetoporinae). Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 26(102155)

Belongs to Parabolitobius according to S. Yamamoto 2023

Sister taxon: Parabolitobius groehni

Type specimen: SEHU-0000121232, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Hokkaido University SEHU collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Hokkaido University SEHU collection)

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