Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae
Full reference: F. Fanti and J. Kupryjanowicz. 2018. Discovery of a new fossil soldier beetle in Eocene Baltic amber, with the establishment of the new tribe Cacomorphocerini. Annales de Paléontologie 104:149-153
Belongs to Cacomorphocerus according to F. Fanti and J. Kupryjanowicz 2018
Sister taxa: Cacomorphocerus bentifabrici, Cacomorphocerus cerambyx, Cacomorphocerus coleae, Cacomorphocerus endecacerus, Cacomorphocerus eocenicus, Cacomorphocerus incurvus, Cacomorphocerus jantaricus, Cacomorphocerus madseni, Cacomorphocerus marki, Cacomorphocerus meridionalis, Cacomorphocerus obstinatus, Cacomorphocerus thomasiwentzeli
Type specimen: UCP UwB 221, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber (UCP UwB collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic amber (UCP UwB collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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