Kuskaella petriolii Fanti and Vitali 2020 (soldier beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae

Full reference: F. Fanti and F. Vitali. 2020. A new species of the enigmatic genus Kuskaella Fanti & Kupryjanowicz, 2017 (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from Baltic amber. Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 20:1-6

Belongs to Kuskaella according to F. Fanti and F. Vitali 2020

Sister taxa: Kuskaella bajerae, Kuskaella macroptera

Type specimen: Fanti BaA06RU, 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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