Megolisthaerus

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: Staphylininae
Genus: †Megolisthaerus
Species (2): M. chinensis – M. minor

Name

†Megolisthaerus Yue & Solodovnikov, 2010: 318

• Type species: Megolisthaerus chinensis Yue & Solodovnikov, 2010, fixed by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Yue, Y-L., Ren, D. & Solodovnikov, A.Y. 2010. Megolisthaerus chinensis gen. et sp. n. (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae incertae sedis): an enigmatic rove beetle lineage from the Early Cretaceous. Insect Systematics & Evolution 41(4): 317–327. DOI: 10.1163/187631210X527034 Reference page.  [original description: p. 318]

Additional references

• Cai, C.; Huang, D. 2012. Megolisthaerus, interpreted as staphylinine rove beetle (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) based on new Early Cretaceous material from China. Cretaceous research, DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2012.07.003