Mesosymbion compactus

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: Aleocharinae
Tribus: Mesoporini
Genus: †Mesosymbion
Species: Mesosymbion compactus

Name

†Mesosymbion compactus Yamamoto, Maruyama & Parker, 2016: 2

• Type locality: AMBER: MYANMAR (BURMA), Upper Cretaceous, Kachin: Noije Bum mines, near Tanai Village (105 km NW Myitkyina).
• Holotype: AMNH Bu-SY5, Sex unknown (putative male).

References

Primary references

• Yamamoto, S., Maruyama, M. & Parker, J. 2016. Evidence for social parasitism of early insect societies by Cretaceous rove beetles. Nature Communications 7(13658): 1–9. Article Reference page.  [original description: p. 2]