Pliosilpha

Pliosilpha strausi is an extinct species of carrion beetle that lived in Germany during the Middle Pliocene. First described scientifically by Gersdorf in 1971, P. strausi is the only species in the genus Pliosilpha.^[1][2]

Pliosilpha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Silphidae
Subfamily:	Silphinae
Tribe:	Silphini
Genus:	Pliosilpha Gersdorf, 1969
Species:	P. strausi
Binomial name
Pliosilpha strausi Gersdorf, 1969