†Paleothius mckayi Mnguni et al. 2024 (rove beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Full reference: S. Mnguni, S. Badenhorst, and M. K. Bamford. 2024. Paleothius mckayi sp. n.: a new species of Staphylininae (Arthropoda: Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from Orapa in Botswana. Journal of Entomological Science 59:275-288
Belongs to Paleothius according to S. Mnguni et al. 2024
Sister taxon: Paleothius gracilis
Type specimen: ESI BP/2/26888, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Orapa (Bernard Price Institute), which is in a Turonian lacustrine - large mudstone in Botswana.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Orapa (Bernard Price Institute)
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