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Malthininae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Malthininae Kiesenwetter
1995Malthininae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2010Malthininae Kuśka and Kania p. 53
2011Malthininae Bouchard et al. p. 331
2013Malthininae Kazantsev p. 290
2016Malthininae Hsiao et al. p. 121
2017Malthininae Fanti p. 5
2017Malthininae Fanti and Castiglione p. 123
2017Malthininae Fanti and Kupryjanowicz p. 785
2017Malthininae Fanti and Vitali p. 20
2018Malthininae Fanti p. 244
2018Malthininae Fanti and Damgaard p. 20
2018Malthininae Fanti and Pankowski p. 519
2019Malthininae Fanti p. 65
2019Malthininae Fanti and Damgaard p. 117
2019Malthininae Fanti and Sontag p. 584
2019Malthininae Kupryjanowicz and Fanti p. 5
2019Malthininae Parisi and Fanti p. 120
2020Malthininae Parisi and Fanti p. 549
2021Malthininae Fanti p. 3
2022Malthininae Cai et al.
2022Malthininae Fanti p. 282
2022Malthininae Li et al. p. 21
2022Malthininae Pankowski and Fanti p. 549
2023Malthininae Fanti and Vitali p. 235
2023Malthininae Pankowski and Fanti p. 304
2024Malthininae Fanti and Pankowski p. 378
2024Malthininae Pankowski and Fanti p. 1045
2024Malthininae Parisi and Fanti p. 101
2025Malthininae 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
subfamilyMalthininaeKiesenwetter 1852

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.

Subfm. Malthininae Kiesenwetter 1852
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G. †Archaeomalthodes Hsiao et al. 2016
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†Archaeomalthodes rosetta Hsiao et al. 2016
G. †Kuskaella Fanti and Kupryjanowicz 2017
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†Kuskaella bajerae Fanti and Damgaard 2018
†Kuskaella macroptera Fanti and Kupryjanowicz 2017
†Kuskaella petriolii Fanti and Vitali 2020
Tr. Malchinini Brancucci 1980
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G. Macrocerus Motschulsky 1845
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Invalid names: Malchinus Kiesenwetter 1863 [synonym]
G. †Mantimalthinus Fanti and Castiglione 2017
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†Mantimalthinus arturi Fanti 2022
†Mantimalthinus balticus Fanti and Castiglione 2017
†Mantimalthinus bartholini Fanti and Damgaard 2019
Tr. Malthinini Kiesenwetter 1852
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G. Malthinus Latreille 1806
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Subg. Malthinus (Malthinus) Latreille 1806
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†Malthinus (Malthinus) amicitiae Fanti and Vitali 2023
†Malthinus (Malthinus) danieli Kuśka and Kania 2010
†Malthinus (Malthinus) karenpankowskiae Pankowski and Fanti 2023
†Malthinus (Malthinus) masoni Pankowski and Fanti 2022
†Malthinus (Malthinus) pauljohnsoni Pankowski and Fanti 2023
†Malthinus (Malthinus) rifbjergi Fanti and Damgaard 2018
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
Tr. †Mimoplatycini Kazantsev 2013
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G. †Mimoplatycis Kazantsev 2013
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†Mimoplatycis bicolor Fanti and Vitali 2017
†Mimoplatycis marchettii Parisi and Fanti 2019
†Mimoplatycis notha Kazantsev 2013
†Mimoplatycis usa Fanti 2025
Tr. †Nothotytthonychini Fanti 2022
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G. †Nothotytthonyx Li et al. 2022
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†Nothotytthonyx serratus Li et al. 2022
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Tortonian or 100.50000 to 7.24600 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Archaeomalthodes rosetta (165561) Nothotytthonyx serratus (161726)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France (Oise) Bupestridae indet. (68174)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Denmark Mimoplatycis notha (123762)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany Mimoplatycis notha (123769)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Kuskaella macroptera, Malthodes elytratus, Malthodes nublar (44615) Malthodes ceranowiczae, Malthodes kotejai (120813) Malthodes gedanicus, Malthodes aliger (110737) Malthodes michalskii (185561) Malthodes serafini (123215) Mantimalthinus balticus (187439)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Malthodes caenozoicus, Mimoplatycis bicolor (138000) Malthodes josephi, Malthinus masoni, Malthodes markpankowskii, Malthinus karenpankowskiae, Malthinus pauljohnsoni, Malthodes betseyae, Malthodes greenwalti (147652) Malthodes maximiliani, Malthinus fabriziofantii, Malthodes maierae (124205) Malthodes sp., Malthinus rifbjergi, Malthodes henningseni, Malthodes moellehavei, Kuskaella bajerae, Mantimalthinus bartholini (172936) Malthodes vallombrosa, Mimoplatycis marchettii, Malthodes tognettii, Malthodes giannii, Malthodes immortalis, Malthodes marialuisae, Malthodes unimol (202735) Mimoplatycis notha (139928)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Lithuania Malthodes spaceae, Malthodes headsi, Malthodes jaredi, Malthodes camerinii (154362)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Ukraine Malthodes perkovskyi, Mimoplatycis notha, Malthodes rovnoensis (122997) Mimoplatycis notha (113621) Mimoplatycis usa (240759)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany (Halle) Malthodes sp., Malthodes andreasi, Malthodes neumanni (129227)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation Malthinus danieli, Malthodes sucinopenninus, Malthodes sucini (123419) Malthodes meriae, Kuskaella petriolii, Mantimalthinus arturi, Malthinus amicitiae (185560)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3France Malthodes obtusus (121474)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Romania Malthodes vladiceniensis (221024)