†Podistra (Absidia) mattheseni Fanti and Damgaard 2020 (soldier beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae
Full reference: F. Fanti and A. L. Damgaard. 2020. Fossil soldier beetles of the Anders Damgaard amber collection. Fourth update. Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 20:125-139
Belongs to Podistra (Absidia) according to F. Fanti and A. L. Damgaard 2020
Sister taxa: Podistra (Absidia) jirii, Podistra (Absidia) kloevedali, Podistra (Absidia) quies
Type specimen: ALDC0566/ALD.Ba.Can.27, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber (Damgaard collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic amber (Damgaard collection)
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