†Malthodes aliger Kazantsev 2021 (soldier beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae
Full reference: S. V. Kazantsev. 2021. New species of Baltic amber soldier beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cantharidae). Russian Entomological Journal 30:153-158
Belongs to Malthodes according to S. V. Kazantsev 2021
Sister taxa: Malthodes (Libertimalthodes), Malthodes (Malthodes), Malthodes andreasiabelei, Malthodes caenozoicus, Malthodes michalskii, Malthodes sucinopenninus
Type specimen: MAIG 6670, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (University of Gdansk MAI collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (University of Gdansk MAI collection)
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