Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae

Full reference: F. Fanti and S. Ellenberger. 2016. Myamalycocerus vitalii: A new genus and species of soldier beetle in Burmese amber (Coleoptera Cantharidae). Cretaceous Research 71:166-169

Parent taxon: Cantharidae according to Y. Hsiao et al. 2021

See also Fanti 2017, Fanti 2017 and Fanti and Ellenberger 2016

Sister taxa: Cantharinae, Chauliognathinae, Cretocantharis, Dysmorphocerinae, Katyacantharis, Malthininae, Ornatomalthinus, Silinae

Subtaxa: Myamalycocerus vitalii

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (SMNS coll) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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