Peng, YuanJiang, RixinShi, ChaoLong, XiaoxuanEngel, Michael S.Wang, Shuo2022-07-122022-07-122022-05-30Peng Y, Jiang R, Shi C, Long X, Engel MS, Wang S. A New Subgenus and Species of Priochirus from Mid-Cretaceous Kachin Amber (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Osoriinae). Insects. 2022 May 30;13(6):513. doi: 10.3390/insects13060513. PMID: 35735850; PMCID: PMC9224542.https://hdl.handle.net/1808/32834As one of the largest families of beetles (Coleoptera), the Staphylinidae (rove beetles and their relatives) are rich not only in extant species but also in a comparatively robust fossil record. Despite this preponderance of available fossil material, fossils of the diverse subfamily Osoriinae remain rare. Here, we describe a new ososriine species, Priochirus trisclerite sp. nov., from the mid-Cretaceous amber of Myanmar. The new specimen is similar to the only other definitive fossil of the genus, Priochirus thayerae Yamamoto 2019, and both are placed in the extinct subgenus Eopriochirus subgen. nov. The new species differs noticeably in a number of morphological details in relation to the submentum, gular sutures and protibial crenulae. The new fossil provides further evidence for understanding the radiation of staphylinoid beetles.© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/StaphylinoideaNew speciesBurmese amberFossil insectsMyanmarArticle10.3390/insects13060513https://orcid.org/ 0000-0003-3067-077XPMC35735850openAccess