†Cretocantharis Hsiao et al. 2021 (soldier beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae
Full reference: Y. Hsiao, Y. Li, D. Ren and H. Pang. 2021. Morphological phylogenetics provide new insights into the classification and evolution of fossil soldier beetles from Mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Cantharidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193:1271-1293
Parent taxon: Cantharidae according to Y. Hsiao et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Cantharinae, Chauliognathinae, Dysmorphocerinae, Malthininae, Myamalycocerus, Ornatomalthinus, Silinae
Subtaxa: Cretocantharis veda
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (CNU collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)
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