Electroatopos

Electroatopos castaneus; Temporal range: Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Staphylinidae
Subfamily:	Scydmaeninae
Genus:	Electroatopos; Chatzimanolis, Engel & Newton, 2010
Species:	E. castaneus
Binomial name
	Electroatopos castaneus; Chatzimanolis, Engel & Newton, 2010

Last updated October 20, 2025

Electroatopos castaneus is an extinct species of ant-like stone beetle, described in 2010, and the only species in the genus Electroatopos.^[1] It existed in what is now Myanmar during the Middle Cretaceous period.^[1]

References

1 2 Chatzimanolis, S.; Engel, M. S.; Newton, A. F.; Grimaldi, D. (2010). "New ant-like stone beetles in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Coleoptera:Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae)". Cretaceous Research . 31 (1): 77–84. Bibcode:2010CrRes..31...77C. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2009.09.009.

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[Chatzimanolis10-1] 1 2 Chatzimanolis, S.; Engel, M. S.; Newton, A. F.; Grimaldi, D. (2010). "New ant-like stone beetles in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Coleoptera:Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae)". Cretaceous Research . 31 (1): 77–84. Bibcode:2010CrRes..31...77C. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2009.09.009.

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