Electroatopos castaneus

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: Scydmaeninae
Supertribus: †Hapsomelitae
Genus: †Electroatopos
Species: Electroatopos castaneus

Name

†Ektatotricha castaneus Chatzimanolis, Engel & Newton, 2010: 81

• Type locality: Cretaceous Burmese amber from Tanai Village (on Ledo Rd. 105 km NW Myitkyna), Kachin, Myanmar.
• Holotype: AMNH Bu-1596

Native distribution areas

Myanmar [mid-Cretaceous amber].

References

Primary references

• Chatzimanolis, S., Engel, M.S., Newton, A.F. & Grimaldi, D.A. 2010. New ant-like stone beetles in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Cretaceous Research 31(1): 77–84. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2009.09.009 . Reference page.  [original description: p. 81]