Hukawngichthyurus Fanti and Ellenberger 2018 (soldier beetle)

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

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Type: Hukawngichthyurus kyawkhaingwini

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Myanmar (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences

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