†Silis chiapasensis Wittmer 1963 (soldier beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae
Full reference: W. Wittmer. 1963. A new cantharid from the Chiapas amber of Mexico. University of California Publications in Entomology 31:53
Belongs to Silis according to F. Fanti 2017
See also Fanti 2017, Kazantsev 2013 and Wittmer 1963
Sister taxa: Silis (Silis), Silis lombardii
Type specimen: UCMP 12615, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is UCMP B-1402, Simojovel area, which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Mexico.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at UCMP B-1402, Simojovel area
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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