Prosolierius
| Prosolierius Temporal range:
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Staphyliniformia |
| Family: | Staphylinidae |
| Genus: | †Prosolierius Thayer et al., 2012 |
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Prosolierius is an extinct genus of rove beetle which existed in what is now Lebanon, Myanmar and Spain[1] during the Barremian through the Albian period. It was described by Margaret K. Thayer, Alfred F. Newton and Stylianos Chatzimanolis in 2012.[2]
References
- ^ David Peris, Stylianos Chatzimanolis and Xavier Delclòs (2014). "Diversity of rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in Early Cretaceous Spanish amber". Cretaceous Research. 48: 85–95. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2013.11.008.
- ^ Margaret K. Thayer, Alfred F. Newton & Stylianos Chatzimanolis (2012). "Prosolierius, a new mid-Cretaceous genus of Solieriinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) with three new species from Burmese amber". Cretaceous Research. 34: 124–134. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2011.10.010.