†Cretafrica orapensis 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
Belongs to Cretafrica according to S. Mnguni et al. 2024
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: BP/2/27480, 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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