The first fossil Megalopsidiinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber and its potential for understanding basal relationships of rove beetles

Shuhei Yamamoto; Alexey Solodovnikov

doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2015.10.024

The first fossil Megalopsidiinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber and its potential for understanding basal relationships of rove beetles

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Abstract

The first definitive fossil of the peculiar monotypic rove beetle subfamily Megalopsidiinae is described as a new species Megalopinus extinctus sp. n. It represents a stem lineage valuable for the study of the early diversification of Staphylinidae, where sister group relationships of Megalopsidiinae currently remain a big controversy. This discovery corroborates the Mesozoic origin of this subfamily implied by its presumably basal phylogenetic position within Staphylinidae and hitherto available fossil record for the family. Well preserved peculiar mouthparts of M. extinctus specialized similarly with recent Megalopinus suggest the same mode of feeding in Megalopsidiinae for nearly a hundred million years.

Original language	English
Journal	Cretaceous Research
Volume	59
Pages (from-to)	140-146
Number of pages	7
ISSN	0195-6671
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2015.10.024
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2016

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The first fossil Megalopsidiinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber and its potential for understanding basal relationships of rove beetles

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