Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae

Full reference: M. G. Pankowski and F. Fanti. 2022. Two new fossil species of soldier beetles (Coleoptera, Cantharidae, Malthininae) from Baltic amber. Zootaxa 5165:548-556

Belongs to Malthodes (Malthodes) according to M. G. Pankowski and F. Fanti 2022

Sister taxa: Malthodes (Malthodes) camerinii, Malthodes (Malthodes) ceranowiczae, Malthodes (Malthodes) gedanicus, Malthodes (Malthodes) giannii, Malthodes (Malthodes) greenwalti, Malthodes (Malthodes) henningseni, Malthodes (Malthodes) immortalis, Malthodes (Malthodes) josephi, Malthodes (Malthodes) kotejai, Malthodes (Malthodes) maierae, Malthodes (Malthodes) marialuisae, Malthodes (Malthodes) maximiliani, Malthodes (Malthodes) meriae, Malthodes (Malthodes) moellehavei, Malthodes (Malthodes) neumanni, Malthodes (Malthodes) nublar, Malthodes (Malthodes) obtusus, Malthodes (Malthodes) perkovskyi, Malthodes (Malthodes) rovnoensis, Malthodes (Malthodes) serafini, Malthodes (Malthodes) sucini, Malthodes (Malthodes) tognettii, Malthodes (Malthodes) unimol, Malthodes (Malthodes) vallombrosa, Malthodes (Malthodes) vladiceniensis

Type specimen: USNM 775571, an exoskeleton (body). Its type locality is Baltic Amber (USNM collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (USNM collection)

Show more details

Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.