Sphingoquedius meto

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
Tribus: Staphylinini
Subtribus: Amblyopinina
Genus: Sphingoquedius
Species: Sphingoquedius meto

Name

†Sphingoquedius meto Jenkins Shaw, Solodovnikov, Bai & Kaulfuss, 2020: 2

• Type locality: Foulden Maar, early Miocene (23.2 ± 0.2 Ma), near Middlemarch, Otago, New Zealand.
• Holotype: OU OU46635, ♂ (?).

Native distribution areas

New Zealand.

References

Primary references

• Jenkins Shaw, J., Solodovnikov, A., Bai, M. & Kaulfuss, U. 2020. An amblyopinine rove beetle (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae, Amblyopinini) from the earliest Miocene Foulden Maar fossil-Lagerstätte, New Zealand. Journal of Paleontology 94(6): 1082–1088. DOI: 10.1017/jpa.2020.35 Reference page.  [original description: p. 2, figs. 1–2.1]