Cretochirus newtoni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Staphylinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Staphylinidae
Subfamilia: Osoriinae
Tribus: Leptochirini
Genus: †Cretochirus
Species: Cretochirus newtoni

Name

†Cretochirus newtoni Yamamoto, 2019: 596

• Type locality: Burmese amber from the Hukawng Valley (26°21’33.41”N, 96°43’11.88”E), Kachin State, northern Myanmar; lowermost Upper Cretaceous.
• Holotype: FMNH, sex undetermined, FMNHINS-3741464.
• ZooBank: EB534E38-864E-4A89-828D-DDA0C3AF3BFF

Native distribution areas

Myanmar [lowermost Upper Cretaceous amber].

References

Primary references

• Yamamoto, S. & Takahashi, Y. 2019. First and oldest Leptochirini rove beetles illuminate diverse cephalic structures in the Cretaceous (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Osoriinae). Systematic Entomology 44(3): 588–611. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12342 Reference page.  [original description: p. 596]