Malthodes andreasiabelei Fanti 2019 (soldier beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae

Synonym: Malthodes (Malthodes) andreasi Fanti 2019 [replaced name]

Full reference: F. Fanti. 2019. Malthodes andreasiabelei nomen novum, replaced name for Malthodes andreasi Fanti, 2019. Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 19:125

Belongs to Malthodes according to F. Fanti 2019

See also Fanti 2019

Sister taxa: Malthodes (Libertimalthodes), Malthodes (Malthodes), Malthodes aliger, Malthodes caenozoicus, Malthodes michalskii, Malthodes sucinopenninus

Type specimens:

  • Malthodes andreasiabelei: MfN MB.I.7308, an exoskeleton
  • Malthodes (Malthodes) andreasi: MfN MB.I.7308, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bitterfeld amber (MfN collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Germany.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Bitterfeld amber (MfN collection) (Eocene of Germany)

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