Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Staphylinoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
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]
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