Leehermania

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Myxophaga
Genus: †Leehermania
Species (1): †L. prorova
Name

Leehermania Chatzimanolis, Grimaldi, Engel, 2012
References
Primary references

Chatzimanolis, S., Grimaldi, D.A., Engel, M.S. & Fraser, N.C. 2012. Leehermania prorova, the earliest staphyliniform beetle, from the Late Triassic of Virginia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). American Museum novitates 3761: 1–28. DOI: 10.1206/3761.2 Reference page.

Additional references

Fikáček, M., Beutel, R.G., Cai, C-Y., Lawrence, J.F., Newton, A.F., Solodovnikov, A.Yu., Ślipiński, S.A., Thayer, M.K. & Yamamoto, S. 2019. Reliable placement of beetle fossils via phylogenetic analyses – Triassic Leehermania as a case study (Staphylinidae or Myxophaga?). Systematic entomology 45(1): 175–187; online supplements. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12386 Paywall Reference page. [placement in Myxophaga]