Protopselaphus thayerae

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: Protopselaphinae
Genus: Protopselaphus
Species: Protopselaphus thayerae

Name

†Protopselaphus thayerae Liu, Tihelka, Yamamoto, Yin, Huang, Tian & Cai, 2020

Native distribution areas

Mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Albian-Cenomanian).

References

Primary references

• Liu, Y., Tihelka, E., Yamamoto, S., Yin, Z-W., Huang, D-Y., Tian, L. & Cai, C-Y. 2020. The first fossil record of the rove beetle subfamily Protopselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 110: article 104416. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104416 Reference page.  [original description]