†Mesostaphylinus orapa Mnguni et al. 2024 (rove beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Full reference: S. Mnguni, I. J. McKay, and S. Badenhorst. 2024. A fossil Paederinae from a lacustrine deposit at Orapa Diamond Mine in Botswana. Journal of Entomological Science 59:433-447
Belongs to Mesostaphylinus according to S. Mnguni et al. 2024
Sister taxa: Mesostaphylinus antiquus, Mesostaphylinus elongatus, Mesostaphylinus laiyangensis, Mesostaphylinus yixianus
Type specimen: BP./2/27586a, 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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