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Cantharis (Cantharis) lidiae (solider beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae

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
YearName and author
2019Cantharis (Cantharis) lidiae Fanti and Walker p. 493 figs. 3-4

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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
subfamilyCantharinaeImhoff 1856
tribeCanthariniImhoff 1856
genusCantharis
subgenusCantharis
specieslidiae

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.

†Cantharis (Cantharis) lidiae Fanti and Walker 2019 [solider beetle]
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. Fanti and L. J. Walker 2019The 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
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: Chattian or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Cantharis lidiae (type locality: 122010)