Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae

Full reference: F. Fanti. 2025. Three new species and a new genus of soldier beetles (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) from Baltic amber. Kentiana 7:1-13

Belongs to Malthodes (Malthodes) according to F. Fanti 2025

Sister taxa: 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) markpankowskii, 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: INHS-P5102, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber (INHS collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Lithuania.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic amber (INHS collection)

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