Brevipterus Yang et al. 2022 (soldier beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae

Full reference: Y. X. Yang, H. Y. Liu, and W. Zhao. 2022. Taxonomic names, in Morphology and geometric morphometrics unveil a new genus of Cantharidae (Coleoptera, Elateroidea) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, with a preliminary investigation on the phylogenetic position. Invertebrate Systematics 36:608-621

Parent taxon: Cantharinae according to Y. X. Yang et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Cacomorphocerini, Cantharini, Cnathrion, Podabrini

Subtaxa: Brevipterus acutiapicis Brevipterus brachypterus Brevipterus brevialatus Brevipterus dimidiatus Brevipterus megacephalus Brevipterus obtusiapicis

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections including 6 occurrences

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