†Cretocantharis veda 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
Belongs to Cretocantharis according to F. Fanti 2025
See also Hsiao et al. 2021
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CNU008029, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (CNU collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (CNU collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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