Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae

Full reference: F. Fanti and M. G. Pankowski. 2023. The first species of Cantharis from Ukrainian Rovno amber (Coleoptera, Cantharidae). Zootaxa 5323:293-297

Belongs to Cantharis (Cantharis) according to F. Fanti and M. G. Pankowski 2023

Sister taxa: Cantharis (Cantharis) attavina, Cantharis (Cantharis) borki, Cantharis (Cantharis) bradburyi, Cantharis (Cantharis) brodiei, Cantharis (Cantharis) caduca, Cantharis (Cantharis) carbonaria, Cantharis (Cantharis) crisantha, Cantharis (Cantharis) doernerorum, Cantharis (Cantharis) dougi, Cantharis (Cantharis) exauctarata, Cantharis (Cantharis) figurata, Cantharis (Cantharis) fragilis, Cantharis (Cantharis) hanswerneri, Cantharis (Cantharis) hoffeinsorum, Cantharis (Cantharis) kviumi, Cantharis (Cantharis) lidiae, Cantharis (Cantharis) macilenta, Cantharis (Cantharis) paludosa, Cantharis (Cantharis) raeorum, Cantharis (Cantharis) rottensis, Cantharis (Cantharis) rufa, Cantharis (Cantharis) sucinonigra, Cantharis (Cantharis) zabolica

Type specimen: USNM PAL 787822, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Rovno amber (USNM collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Ukraine.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Rovno amber (USNM collection)

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