Insecta - Coleoptera

Full reference: S. V. Kazantsev and E. E. Perkovsky. 2019. The first Cretaceous beetle from Azerbaijan: Katyacantharis zherikhini gen. et sp. n. (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from Cenomanian Agdzhakend amber. Palaeoentomology 2:7-12

Parent taxon: Elateroidea according to F. Fanti 2026

See also Kazantsev and Perkovsky 2019

Sister taxa: Anoeuma, Artematopodidae, Berendtimiridae, Brachypsectridae, Cantharidae, Cerophytidae, Cretophengodidae, Elateridae, Eucnemidae, Eudicronychinae, Grammocolous, Lampyridae, Lycidae, Microcoleus, Mysteriomorphidae, Omethidae, Phengodidae, Rhagophthalmidae, Throscidae

Subtaxa: Katyacantharis zherikhini

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Type: Katyacantharis zherikhini

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Agdzhakend amber, Tsimkhadzor site (PIN collection 3517) (Cretaceous of Azerbaijan)

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