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Malthodes (Malthodes) kotejai

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae

Taxonomy
Malthodes kotejai was named by Kuśka and Kupryjanowicz (2005). Its type specimen is MZ 24199, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (Museum Ziemi collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.

It was recombined as Malthodes (Malthodes) kotejai by Fanti (2017), Fanti (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Malthodes kotejai Kuśka and Kupryjanowicz p. 311 figs. 5-7, 11
2013Malthodes kotejai Kazantsev p. 290
2017Malthodes (Malthodes) kotejai Fanti p. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyElateroidea
familyCantharidaeImhoff 1856
subfamilyMalthininaeKiesenwetter 1852
tribeMalthodini()
genusMalthodesKiesenwetter 1852
subgenusMalthodesKiesenwetter 1852
specieskotejai()

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.

†Malthodes (Malthodes) kotejai Kuśka and Kupryjanowicz 2005
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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 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Malthodes kotejai (type locality: 120813)