Electroatopos
| Electroatopos castaneus Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Staphyliniformia |
| Family: | Staphylinidae |
| Subfamily: | Scydmaeninae |
| Genus: | †Electroatopos Chatzimanolis, Engel & Newton, 2010 |
| Species: | †E. castaneus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Electroatopos castaneus Chatzimanolis, Engel & Newton, 2010 | |
Electroatopos castaneus is an extinct species of ant-like stone beetle, described in 2010, and the only species in the genus Electroatopos.[1] It existed in what is now Myanmar during the Middle Cretaceous period.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Chatzimanolis, S.; Engel, M. S.; Newton, A. F.; Grimaldi, D. (2010). "New ant-like stone beetles in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Coleoptera:Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae)". Cretaceous Research. 31 (1): 77–84. Bibcode:2010CrRes..31...77C. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2009.09.009.
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