Electroatopos

Electroatopos castaneus
Temporal range: Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
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

  1. 1 2 Stylianos Chatzimanolis, Michael S. Engel, Alfred F. Newton & David A. Grimaldi (2010). "New ant-like stone beetles in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Coleoptera:Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae)" (PDF). Cretaceous Research 31 (1): 77–84. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2009.09.009.
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