Prosolierius

Prosolierius
Temporal range: Barremian–Albian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Staphyliniformia
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 qizhihaoi Liu et al., 2025

Prosolierius is an extinct genus of rove beetle which existed in what is now Lebanon, Myanmar and Spain during the Barremian through the Albian period. It was described by Margaret K. Thayer, Alfred F. Newton and Stylianos Chatzimanolis in 2012.

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.