Pliosilpha

Pliosilpha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Staphyliniformia
Family: Staphylinidae
Tribe: Silphini
Genus: Pliosilpha
Gersdorf, 1969
Species:
P. strausi
Binomial name
Pliosilpha strausi
Gersdorf, 1969

Pliosilpha strausi is an extinct species of carrion beetle that lived in Germany during the Middle Pliocene. First described scientifically by Gersdorf in 1971, P. strausi is the only species in the genus Pliosilpha.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ "Pliosilpha Taxon Profile".
  2. ^ "Pliosilpha Gersdorf, 1969".