Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae

Full reference: F. Fanti and M. K. Pankowski. 2018. Three new species of soldier beetles from Baltic amber (Coleoptera, Cantharidae). Zootaxa 4455:513-524

Belongs to Malthodes (Malthodes) according to F. Fanti and M. K. Pankowski 2018

Sister taxa: Malthodes (Malthodes) camerinii, Malthodes (Malthodes) ceranowiczae, Malthodes (Malthodes) gedanicus, Malthodes (Malthodes) giannii, Malthodes (Malthodes) greenwalti, Malthodes (Malthodes) henningseni, Malthodes (Malthodes) immortalis, Malthodes (Malthodes) kotejai, Malthodes (Malthodes) maierae, Malthodes (Malthodes) marialuisae, Malthodes (Malthodes) markpankowskii, Malthodes (Malthodes) maximiliani, Malthodes (Malthodes) meriae, Malthodes (Malthodes) moellehavei, Malthodes (Malthodes) neumanni, Malthodes (Malthodes) nublar, Malthodes (Malthodes) obtusus, Malthodes (Malthodes) perkovskyi, Malthodes (Malthodes) rovnoensis, Malthodes (Malthodes) serafini, Malthodes (Malthodes) sucini, Malthodes (Malthodes) tognettii, Malthodes (Malthodes) unimol, Malthodes (Malthodes) vallombrosa, Malthodes (Malthodes) vladiceniensis

Type specimen: USNM PAL 712536, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (USNM collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (USNM collection)

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