G. it. Ent., 15 (63): 127-132
March 2018
An unusual fossil Malthodes with long elytra
(Insecta Coleoptera Cantharidae)
by
FABRIZIO FANTI & ARTUR ROBERT MICHALSKI
Abstract - The new fossil soldier beetle Malthodes aphidiphagus n. sp. from the Eocene Baltic amber of Poland is here described and illustrated. In the landscape of both extant and fossil Malthodes, it shows a couple of important characters which are unique: long elytra almost completely covering abdomen and metathoracic wings, and last urites (both tergites and sternites) little modified.
