''Pliosilpha strausi'' is an extinct
species
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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
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''Pliosilpha''.
References
Silphidae
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