Three new species and a new genus of soldier beetles (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) from Baltic amber

Fanti, Fabrizio

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Title

Three new species and a new genus of soldier beetles (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) from Baltic amber

Author(s)

Fanti, Fabrizio

Issue Date

2025-02-25

Keyword(s)

• soldier beetles
• paleoentomology
• taxonomy
• resin
• new taxa

Date of Ingest

2026-02-05T15:20:23-06:00

Abstract

In the present paper a new fossil and extinct genus and three new species of soldier beetles (Family Cantharidae) from Baltic amber are described: 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘦𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘢 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘺𝘤𝘢 gen. et sp. nov.; 𝘗𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢 (𝘴. 𝘴𝘵𝘳.) 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘦𝘩𝘯𝘪 sp. nov.; 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘴 (𝘴. 𝘴𝘵𝘳.) 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘪 sp. nov. It is the second 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘴 with some abdominal cuticular vesicles extruded. The new taxa are also compared with all fossil species.

Publisher

Kentiana

Series/Report Name or Number

Kentiana Number 7

Type of Resource

text

Genre of Resource

article

Language

eng

DOI

https://doi.org/10.21900/j.kentiana.n7.1853

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• Copyright (c) 2025 Fabrizio Fanti
• This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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