†Markus karenae Fanti and Pankowski 2018 (soldier beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae
Full reference: F. Fanti and M. J. Pankowski. 2018. A new fossil soldier beetle (Coleoptera, Cantharidae, Silinae) from Eocene Baltic amber. Zootaxa 4370:189-193
Belongs to Markus according to F. Fanti and M. J. Pankowski 2018
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM 645350, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (USNM collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (USNM collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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