Silis Charpentier 1825 (soldier beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae
Full reference: T. Charpentier. 1825. Horae Entomologicae, Adjectis Tabulis Novem Coloratis 1-255
Parent taxon: Silini according to F. Fanti and M. G. Pankowski 2021
See also Alekseev and Kazantsev 2014, Fanti 2017, Fanti 2017, Kazantsev 2013 and Parisi and Fanti 2019
Sister taxa: Autosilis, Curche, Electrosilis, Markus, Podosilis, Polemius
Subtaxa: Silis (Silis) Silis chiapasensis Silis lombardii
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2 collections), Mexico (1)
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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