Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Malthodes (Malthodes) serafini

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae

Taxonomy
Malthodes serafini was named by Kuska and Kupryjanowicz (2005). Its type specimen is MP/1/1513/188/01, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, ISEA Krakow collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.

It was recombined as Malthodes (Malthodes) serafini by Fanti (2017) and Fanti (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Malthodes serafini Kuska and Kupryjanowicz p. 312 figs. 8, 12
2013Malthodes serafini Kazantsev p. 290
2017Malthodes (Malthodes) serafini Fanti p. 6

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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
subfamilyMalthininaeKiesenwetter 1852
tribeMalthodini()
genusMalthodesKiesenwetter 1852
subgenusMalthodesKiesenwetter 1852
speciesserafini()

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) serafini Kuska and Kupryjanowicz 2005
show all | hide all
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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

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 - 33.9Poland Malthodes serafini (type locality: 123215)