Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae

Full reference: S. V. Kazantsev and E. E. Perkovsky. 2026. Taxonomic names, in Description of Cantharis navka sp. n. (Coleoptera: Cantharidae), a third species of the genus from Rovno amber. Israel Journal of Entomology 55:37-44

Belongs to Cantharis (Cantharis) according to S. V. Kazantsev and E. E. Perkovsky 2026

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) michaeli, Cantharis (Cantharis) paludosa, Cantharis (Cantharis) raeorum, Cantharis (Cantharis) rottensis, Cantharis (Cantharis) rufa, Cantharis (Cantharis) sesermanae, Cantharis (Cantharis) sucinonigra, Cantharis (Cantharis) zabolica

Type specimen: SIZK VT-497, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Rovno amber, Velyki Telkovichi (SIZK VT collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Ukraine.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Rovno amber, Velyki Telkovichi (SIZK VT collection)

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