†Brevipterus Yang et al. 2022 (soldier beetle)
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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: Cantharini, Cnathrion, Podabrini
Subtaxa: Brevipterus acutiapicis Brevipterus megacephalus Brevipterus obtusiapicis Brevipterus strungei
Type: Brevipterus obtusiapicis
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections including 4 occurrences
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