In:
ZooKeys, Pensoft Publishers, Vol. 782 ( 2018-08-17), p. 81-94
Abstract:
An unusual and well-preserved fossil staphylinid is described and figured from a single specimen in Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber. Gollandiaplanata gen. et sp. n. is tentatively placed in the extant oxyteline tribe Coprophilini, although it lacks a few characteristic features of present-day members of the group, likely indicating it to be either a stem group of the tribe or prove to be distinct pending future discoveries. The discovery of this genus suggests that early oxytelines were more morphologically diverse during the Cretaceous and their evolutionary history was more complicated than previously documented. Tribal placement as regards fossil oxyteline taxa is discussed.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1313-2970
,
1313-2989
DOI:
10.3897/zookeys.782.27733
DOI:
10.3897/zookeys.782.27733.figures1-2
DOI:
10.3897/zookeys.782.27733.figures3-4
DOI:
10.3897/zookeys.782.27733.figures5-6
DOI:
10.3897/zookeys.782.27733.figures7-11
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
Pensoft Publishers
Publication Date:
2018
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2445640-8
SSG:
12