Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Full reference: P. Jałoszyński. 2016. A new Eocene genus of ant-like stone beetles sheds new light on the evolution of Mastigini. Journal of Paleontology 89:1056-1067
Belongs to Baltostigus according to P. Jałoszyński and E. Perkovsky 2019
See also Jałoszyński 2016, Jałoszyński et al. 2018 and Jałoszyński and Perkovsky 2016
Sister taxa: Baltostigus antennatus, Baltostigus striatipennis, Baltostigus substriatus
Type specimen: FMNH INS3101601, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber (Field Museum FMNH coll), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 109.0
Distribution:
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (1 collection), Ukraine (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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