Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae
Full reference: S. V. Kazantsev. 2018. New Baltic amber soldier beetles (Coleoptera, Cantharidae, Cantharinae). Euroasian Entomological Journal 17:146-152
Belongs to Cantharis (Cantharis) according to S. V. Kazantsev 2018
Sister taxa: Cantharis (Cantharis) attavina, Cantharis (Cantharis) borki, Cantharis (Cantharis) bradburyi, Cantharis (Cantharis) brodiei, Cantharis (Cantharis) caduca, Cantharis (Cantharis) carbonaria, Cantharis (Cantharis) crisantha, Cantharis (Cantharis) doernerorum, Cantharis (Cantharis) dougi, Cantharis (Cantharis) exauctarata, Cantharis (Cantharis) figurata, Cantharis (Cantharis) fragilis, Cantharis (Cantharis) hoffeinsorum, Cantharis (Cantharis) kviumi, Cantharis (Cantharis) lidiae, Cantharis (Cantharis) macilenta, Cantharis (Cantharis) michaeli, Cantharis (Cantharis) paludosa, Cantharis (Cantharis) raeorum, Cantharis (Cantharis) rottensis, Cantharis (Cantharis) rufa, Cantharis (Cantharis) sesermanae, Cantharis (Cantharis) sucinonigra, Cantharis (Cantharis) zabolica
Type specimen: Hoffeins 1441-4, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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