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Michalskantharis bursztynica

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae

Taxonomy
Michalskantharis bursztynica was named by Fanti (2017). Its type specimen is Fanti BaA01PL, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic amber, Fabrizio Fanti collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Michalskantharis bursztynica Fanti p. 712 figs. 1-4
2022Michalskantharis bursztynica Fanti p. 322

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
RankNameAuthor
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyElateroidea
familyCantharidaeImhoff 1856
subfamilyCantharinaeImhoff 1856
tribeCacomorphocerini
genusMichalskantharis
speciesbursztynica

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation Michalskantharis bursztynica (type locality: 185560)