Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae

Full reference: M. V. Pankowski and F. Fanti. 2024. A new species of Eocene soldier beetle, a Malthodes (Coleoptera: Cantharidae: Malthininae) in Baltic amber. Historical Biology 37:1045-1049

Belongs to Malthodes (Malthodes) according to M. V. Pankowski and F. Fanti 2024

Sister taxa: Malthodes (Malthodes) camerinii, 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) 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: MCZ:Ent:PALE-45876, an exoskeleton

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic amber (MCZ collection) (Eocene of Russian Federation)

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