A Mesozoic Species of Anotylus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Oxytelinae) from Liaoning, China, With the Earliest Evidence of Sexual Dimorphism In Rove Beetles

Yanli Yue; György Makranczy; Dong Ren

doi:10.1666/11-032.1

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1 May 2012 A Mesozoic Species of Anotylus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Oxytelinae) from Liaoning, China, With the Earliest Evidence of Sexual Dimorphism In Rove Beetles

Yanli Yue, György Makranczy, Dong Ren

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J. of Paleontology, 86(3):508-512 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1666/11-032.1

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A new species of the staphylinid subfamily Oxytelinae is described and figured from a series of well-preserved compression fossils of the Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous), Beipiao City, Liaoning Province, northeastern China. The species is placed in the recent genus Anotylus Thomson, 1859 based on typical morphological features for the genus as well as secondary sexual characters. The strong projection of the anterior pronotal angles is a feature also possessed by males of several recent Neotropical taxa in the genus. This is the earliest fossil rove beetle with clearly demonstrable sexual dimorphism.

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Yanli Yue, György Makranczy, and Dong Ren "A Mesozoic Species of Anotylus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Oxytelinae) from Liaoning, China, With the Earliest Evidence of Sexual Dimorphism In Rove Beetles," Journal of Paleontology 86(3), 508-512, (1 May 2012). https://doi.org/10.1666/11-032.1

Accepted: 1 November 2011; Published: 1 May 2012

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