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

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.