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Malthodes (Malthodes) perkovskyi

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae

Taxonomy
Malthodes perkovskyi was named by Kazantsev (2010). Its type specimen is SIZK K-4579, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Rovno Amber, Klesov locality (SIZC K collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Ukraine.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Malthodes perkovskyi Kazantsev p. 105 figs. 1-3
2013Malthodes perkovskyi Kazantsev p. 290
2017Malthodes (Malthodes) perkovskyi Fanti p. 6

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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
speciesperkovskyi()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available