Mesostaphylinus laiyangensis

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: Paederinae
Genus: †Mesostaphylinus
Species: Mesostaphylinus laiyangensis

Name

†Mesostaphylinus laiyangensis Zhang, 1988: 79

Native distribution areas

China (Shandong) [early Cretaceous].

Notes

• Age as Lower Cretaceous, not Upper Jurassic as originally stated (Cai et al., 2011).
• In Paederinae, Yue, 2011 (thesis).

References

Primary references

• Zhang, J-F. 1988. The late Jurassic fossil Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) of China [in Chinese and English].Acta entomologica sinica 31(1): 79–84, pl. 1. [original description: p. 79]