Prosolierius

Prosolierius
Temporal range: Barremian–Albian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Staphylinidae
Subfamily: Solieriinae
Genus: Prosolierius
Thayer et al., 2012
Species
  • Prosolierius tenuicornis Thayer et al., 2012
  • Prosolierius crassicornis Thayer et al., 2012
  • Prosolierius mixticornis Thayer et al., 2012
  • Prosolierius parvus Peris et al., 2014

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.