†Malthodes caenozoicus Fanti and Vitali 2017 (soldier beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae
Full reference: F. Fanti and F. Vitali. 2017. Key to fossil Malthininae, with description of two new species in Baltic amber (Coleoptera Cantharidae). Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 17:19-27
Belongs to Malthodes according to F. Fanti and F. Vitali 2017
Sister taxa: Malthodes (Libertimalthodes), Malthodes (Malthodes), Malthodes aliger, Malthodes andreasiabelei, Malthodes michalskii, Malthodes sucinopenninus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Vitali collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Vitali collection
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