Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae

Alternative combination: Malthinus danieli

Full reference: A. Kuśka and I. Kania. 2010. New soldier beetles (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from the Eocene Baltic amber. Zootaxa 2400:49-56

Belongs to Malthinus (Malthinus) according to F. Fanti 2017

See also Fanti 2017, Kazantsev 2013 and Kuśka and Kania 2010

Sister taxa: Malthinus (Malthinus) amicitiae, Malthinus (Malthinus) karenpankowskiae, Malthinus (Malthinus) masoni, Malthinus (Malthinus) pauljohnsoni, Malthinus (Malthinus) rifbjergi

Type specimen: DEI 161-1, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection

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