†Vitalfranzius burmiticus Fanti and Müller 2022 (soldier beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae
Full reference: F. Fanti and P. Müller. 2022. Fossil Cantharidae from the Cretaceous Burmese (Kachin) amber of the Patrick Müller collection, and taxonomic information. Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 22:331-380
Belongs to Vitalfranzius according to F. Fanti and P. Müller 2022
Sister taxon: Vitalfranzius cretaceus
Type specimen: SNSB-BSPG 2021 XII 15, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (SNSB-BSPG collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (SNSB-BSPG collection)
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