The oldest beetle of the Euaesthetinae (Staphylinidae) from Early Cretaceous Lebanese amber

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 207-211

  Lefebvre, Fabrice ^a   Vincent, Bernard ^a   Azarb, Dany ^b   Nel, André ^c  

^a IRCGN   (France)

^b LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Euaesthetinae; Insecta; Lebanese amber; Libanoeuaesthetus; New genus; New species; Staphylinidae

Indexed keywords

AMBER; BEETLE; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL; NEW TAXON; TAPHONOMY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; LEBANON; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

COLEOPTERA; EUAESTHETINAE; INSECTA; LIBANOEUAESTHETUS; STAPHYLINIDAE;

EID: 17444422822     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2004.11.015     Document Type: Article

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