Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae
Full reference: F. Fanti. 2018. Malthodes meriae sp. nov.: a new fossil Malthodes Kiesenwetter, 1852 from the Eocene Baltic forests (Coleoptera: Cantharidae). Studies and Reports, Taxonomical Series 14:243-248
Belongs to Malthodes (Malthodes) according to F. Fanti 2018
Sister taxa: Malthodes (Malthodes) ceranowiczae, Malthodes (Malthodes) gedanicus, Malthodes (Malthodes) giannii, Malthodes (Malthodes) greenwalti, Malthodes (Malthodes) henningseni, Malthodes (Malthodes) immortalis, Malthodes (Malthodes) josephi, Malthodes (Malthodes) kotejai, Malthodes (Malthodes) marialuisae, Malthodes (Malthodes) markpankowskii, Malthodes (Malthodes) maximiliani, 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) vladiceniensis
Type specimen: BaA03RU, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber, Fabrizio Fanti collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic amber, Fabrizio Fanti collection
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