Cantharis sucinonigra (Latin) is a fossil species of soft-bodied beetles of the genus Cantharis . Found in European amber ( Poland , Baltic amber , about 35 Ma). Small beetles, body length 6.0 mm (mostly black), red pronotum length 1.5 mm. Similar to the C. nigra De Geer . The species was first described in 1992 by the Polish coleopterologist A. Kushka ( Antoni Kuśka , 1940–2010; Department of Biological Sciences, Academy of Physical Education Katowice, Katowice , Poland ) [1] [2] .
| † cantharis sucinonigra |
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| Kingdom: | Animals | | Class: | Insects | | Squad: | Beetles | | Suborder: | Polyphagous beetles | | Superfamily: | Elateroid | | Family: | Soft tissue | | Rod: | Cantharis | | View: | † cantharis sucinonigra |
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| Cantharis sucinonigra Kuśka, 1992 |
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