Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae
Full reference: F. Fanti and S. Ellenberger. 2018. A new fossil genus of soldier beetles (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber: A probable case of adaptive convergence. Cretaceous Research 92:201-204
Parent taxon: Cantharini according to F. Fanti and P. Müller 2022
See also Fanti and Ellenberger 2018 and Hsiao et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Arturmiles, Atalantycha, Burmomiles, Cantharis, Elektrokleinia, Juratelacrima, Lycocerus, Molliberus, Palmnickeneoceras, Podistra, Poinarelektronmiles, Rhagonycha, Sanaungulus, Themus, Vitalfranzius
Subtaxa: Hukawngichthyurus barsevskisi Hukawngichthyurus ditaddeoi Hukawngichthyurus kyawkhaingwini Hukawngichthyurus maha
Type: Hukawngichthyurus kyawkhaingwini
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences
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