Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae
Full reference: J. Kupryjanowicz and F. Fanti. 2019. New subgenus and three new species of soldier beetles from the Eocene of Baltic amber. Palaeontologia Electronica 22(2.22A):1-13
Parent taxon: Malthodes according to M. G. Pankowski and F. Fanti 2023
See also Fanti 2019, Fanti 2021 and Kupryjanowicz and Fanti 2019
Sister taxa: Malthodes (Malthodes), Malthodes aliger, Malthodes andreasiabelei, Malthodes caenozoicus, Malthodes michalskii, Malthodes sucinopenninus
Subtaxa: Malthodes (Libertimalthodes) aphidiphagus Malthodes (Libertimalthodes) betseyae Malthodes (Libertimalthodes) elytratus Malthodes (Libertimalthodes) headsi Malthodes (Libertimalthodes) jaredi Malthodes (Libertimalthodes) spaceae
Type: Malthodes (Libertimalthodes) elytratus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Lithuania (1 collection), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 3 collections including 5 occurrences