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Cantharis (Cantharis) lidiae (solider beetle)
Taxonomy
Cantharis (Cantharis) lidiae was named by Fanti and Walker (2019). Its type specimen is LACMIP 2533.3432, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Rott (Statz Collection), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - small shale in the Rott Formation of Germany.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2019 | Cantharis (Cantharis) lidiae Fanti and Walker p. 493 figs. 3-4 |
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†Cantharis (Cantharis) lidiae Fanti and Walker 2019 [solider beetle]
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| F. Fanti and L. J. Walker 2019 | The large size is of C. lidiae sp. nov. is striking, with only C. carbonaria (Heyden & Heyden, 1866) of comparable dimensions. In fact, C. carbonaria (probably a female: see Fanti, 2017) has a length of about 12 mm in the original description, but indicated to be 20 mm in Meunier’s redescription (Heyden & Heyden, 1866; Meunier, 1915). However, the new species is easily recognizable by pronotum more transverse, smooth elytra, and relatively long antennomeres (the length ratio differs between antennomeres II–III in the two species). Other two fossil species of Cantharis from Enspel, Germany, have similar dimensions. C. doernerorum Fanti & Poschmann, 2019 with a size of 19.0 mm is distinguished from C. lidiae sp. nov. by the head more rounded and pronotum less transverse (Fanti & Poschmann, 2019). While, C. zabolica Fanti & Poschmann, 2019 with a probable size of 15.0 mm, has more transverse pronotum as well as more robust and more elongate elytra, and has also a different length of antennomeres (Fanti & Poschmann, 2019). |
Measurements
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004 | |||||