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New Baltic amber soldier beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cantharidae) with some taxonomic notes

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Five new species of soldier beetles from the subfamilies Cantharinae and Silinae, Lycocerus elzbietae sp. nov., L. jonasi sp. nov., Rhagonycha acarigera sp. nov., Sucinorhagonycha groehni sp. nov. and Podosilis… Click to show full abstract

Five new species of soldier beetles from the subfamilies Cantharinae and Silinae, Lycocerus elzbietae sp. nov., L. jonasi sp. nov., Rhagonycha acarigera sp. nov., Sucinorhagonycha groehni sp. nov. and Podosilis gedaniensis sp. nov., are described from Baltic amber. A female of Electronycha prussica Kazantsev, 2013 is described and illustrated for the first time. Attribution of Podistra (Absidia) kloevedali Fanti & Damgaard, 2018 to the genus Podistra Motschulsky, 1838 and to the subgenus Absidia Mulsant, 1862 is discussed.

Keywords: new baltic; beetles insecta; amber soldier; soldier beetles; nov; baltic amber

Journal Title: Performance Evaluation
Year Published: 2020

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