Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

Full reference: J. V. Matthews. 1970. Two new species of Micropeplus from the Pliocene of western Alaska with remarks on the evolution of Micropeplinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 48:779-788

Belongs to Micropeplus according to J. V. Matthews 1970

Sister taxon: Micropeplus hoogendorni

Type specimen: CNC 11078, an elytra. Its type locality is Lava camp mine, which is in a Messinian dry floodplain sandstone/peat in the Imuruk Volcanics Formation of Alaska.

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Average measurements (in mm): elytron 0.610 x 0.380