†Cretafrica Mnguni et al. 2024 (rove beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Full reference: S. Mnguni, I. J. McKay, and S. Badenhorst. 2024. Cretafrica orapensis: a new genus and species of Mycetoporinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from lacustrine deposits at Orapa Diamond Mine, Botswana. Insect Systematics & Evolution 55:437-450
Parent taxon: Mycetoporinae according to S. Mnguni et al. 2024
Sister taxa: Bolitobius, Cuneocharis, Glabrimycetoporus, Ischnosoma, Lordithon, Mycetoporus, Parabolitobius, Ryvkinius, Undiatina
Subtaxa: Cretafrica orapensis
Type: Cretafrica orapensis
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Orapa (Bernard Price Institute) (Cretaceous of Botswana)
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