01164nas a2200145   4500008004100000245013200041210006900173260000900242300001500251490000700266520064400273100002100917700002500938856005500963       2012                        eng d00aA new genus of Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) from the Lower Cretaceous: the first fossil rove beetles from the Southern Hemisphere0 anew genus of Staphylinidae Coleoptera from the Lower Cretaceous   c2012  a379 - -3860 v373 a<p>The fossil genus of rove beetles Apticaxgen.n. with two new species, A. volanssp.n. and A. solidussp.n., is described from the Nova Olinda Member of the Crato Formation in north-eastern Brazil (AptianAlbian, dated as 12599.6 Ma old). Both species belong to the clade Staphylininae + Paederinae in the staphylinine group of subfamilies and are the first fossil true Staphylinidae to be described from the entire Southern Hemisphere. Although they resemble Paederinae, the low number of satisfactorily preserved characters do not allow definite placement of either A. volans or A. solidus in any of the subfamilies of Staphylinidae.</p>
1 aSchomann, Andrea1 aSolodovnikov, Alexey  uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00615.x