Fossil piestine staphylinids are extremely rare, with only two definite species known to date. A new rove beetle genus and species, Eopiestus groehni Cai & Lü gen. & sp. nov., is described and figured based on an exceptionally well-preserved adult in Eocene Baltic amber from Yantarny in the Kaliningrad region of Russia. The species is the first fossil piestine discovered as an amber inclusion.
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1 October 2016
First Piestine Rove Beetle in Eocene Baltic Amber (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Piestinae)
Chen-Yang Cai,
Liang Lü,
Edilson Caron,
Sidnei Bortoluzzi,
Alfred F. Newton,
Margaret K. Thayer,
Di-Ying Huang
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Baltic amber
Coleoptera
Eocene
Piestinae
Staphylinidae