†Ornatomalthinus Poinar and Fanti 2016 (soldier beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae
Full reference: G. Poinar and F. Fanti. 2016. New fossil soldier beetles (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) in Burmese, Baltic and Dominican amber. Palaeodiversity 9:1-7
Parent taxon: Cantharidae according to Y. Hsiao et al. 2021
See also Fanti 2017, Fanti 2017, Fanti 2018, Hsiao and Huang 2018 and Poinar and Fanti 2016
Sister taxa: Cantharinae, Chauliognathinae, Cretocantharis, Dysmorphocerinae, Katyacantharis, Malthininae, Myamalycocerus, Silinae
Subtaxa: Ornatomalthinus elvirae
Type: Ornatomalthinus elvirae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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