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Malthodini

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Malthodinae Böving and Craighead p. 48
2011Malthodini Bouchard et al. p. 331
2013Malthodini Kazantsev p. 290
2016Malthodini Hsiao et al. p. 121
2017Malthodini Fanti p. 6
2017Malthodini Fanti and Vitali p. 20
2018Malthodini Fanti p. 244
2018Malthodini Fanti and Damgaard p. 21
2018Malthodini Fanti and Pankowski p. 519
2019Malthodini Fanti p. 65
2019Malthodini Fanti and Sontag p. 584
2019Malthodini Kupryjanowicz and Fanti p. 5
2019Malthodini Parisi and Fanti p. 190
2020Malthodini Parisi and Fanti p. 549
2021Malthodini Fanti p. 3
2021Malthodini Kazantsev p. 155
2022Malthodini Pankowski and Fanti p. 551
2023Malthodini Pankowski and Fanti p. 307
2024Malthodini Fanti and Pankowski p. 378
2024Malthodini Pankowski and Fanti p. 1045
2024Malthodini Parisi and Fanti p. 101
2025Malthodini Fanti p. 7

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyElateroidea
familyCantharidaeImhoff 1856
subfamilyMalthininaeKiesenwetter 1852
tribeMalthodini()
tribeMalthodini()

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.

Tr. Malthodini Böving and Craighead 1931
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G. Malthodes Kiesenwetter 1852
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Subg. †Malthodes (Libertimalthodes) Kupryjanowicz and Fanti 2019
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†Malthodes (Libertimalthodes) aphidiphagus Fanti and Michalski 2018
†Malthodes (Libertimalthodes) betseyae Pankowski and Fanti 2023
†Malthodes (Libertimalthodes) elytratus Kupryjanowicz and Fanti 2019
Subg. Malthodes (Malthodes) Kiesenwetter 1852
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†Malthodes (Malthodes) ceranowiczae Kuśka and Kupryjanowicz 2005
†Malthodes (Malthodes) gedanicus Fanti and Sontag 2019
†Malthodes (Malthodes) giannii Parisi and Fanti 2020
†Malthodes (Malthodes) greenwalti Pankowski and Fanti 2023
†Malthodes (Malthodes) henningseni Fanti and Damgaard 2018
†Malthodes (Malthodes) immortalis Parisi and Fanti 2020
†Malthodes (Malthodes) josephi Fanti and Pankowski 2018
†Malthodes (Malthodes) kotejai Kuśka and Kupryjanowicz 2005
†Malthodes (Malthodes) maierae Pankowski and Fanti 2024
†Malthodes (Malthodes) marialuisae Parisi and Fanti 2020
†Malthodes (Malthodes) markpankowskii Pankowski and Fanti 2022
†Malthodes (Malthodes) maximiliani Fanti and Pankowski 2024
†Malthodes (Malthodes) moellehavei Fanti and Damgaard 2018
†Malthodes (Malthodes) nublar Kupryjanowicz and Fanti 2019
†Malthodes (Malthodes) rovnoensis Kazantsev and Perkovsky 2014
†Malthodes (Malthodes) serafini Kuśka and Kupryjanowicz 2005
†Malthodes (Malthodes) sucini Kuśka and Kania 2010
†Malthodes (Malthodes) tognettii Parisi and Fanti 2019
†Malthodes (Malthodes) unimol Parisi and Fanti 2020
†Malthodes (Malthodes) vallombrosa Parisi and Fanti 2024
†Malthodes (Malthodes) vladiceniensis Pintilioaie et al. 2021
†Malthodes aliger Kazantsev 2021
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Invalid names: Malthodes (Malthodes) andreasi Fanti 2019 [replaced]
†Malthodes caenozoicus Fanti and Vitali 2017
†Malthodes michalskii Fanti 2017
†Malthodes sucinopenninus Kuśka and Kania 2010
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Tortonian or 37.71000 to 7.24600 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Malthodes ceranowiczae, Malthodes kotejai (120813) Malthodes elytratus, Malthodes nublar (44615) Malthodes gedanicus, Malthodes aliger (110737) Malthodes michalskii (185561) Malthodes serafini (123215)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Lithuania Malthodes spaceae, Malthodes headsi, Malthodes jaredi, Malthodes camerinii (154362)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany (Halle) Malthodes sp., Malthodes andreasi, Malthodes neumanni (129227)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation Malthodes meriae (185560) Malthodes sucinopenninus, Malthodes sucini (123419)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Ukraine Malthodes perkovskyi, Malthodes rovnoensis (122997)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Malthodes caenozoicus (138000) Malthodes josephi, Malthodes markpankowskii, Malthodes betseyae, Malthodes greenwalti (147652) Malthodes maximiliani, Malthodes maierae (124205) Malthodes sp., Malthodes henningseni, Malthodes moellehavei (172936) Malthodes vallombrosa, Malthodes tognettii, Malthodes giannii, Malthodes immortalis, Malthodes marialuisae, Malthodes unimol (202735)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3France Malthodes obtusus (121474)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Romania Malthodes vladiceniensis (221024)