Kazantsev S.V.1, Perkovsky E.E.2 2014. A new Malthodes and some other interesting soldier beetles (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) from Late Eocene Rovno amber // Russian Entomol. J. Vol.23. No.2: 113–116 [in English].

1 Insect Centre, Donetskaya 13–326, Moscow 109651, Russia. E-mail: kazantss@mail.ru

2 Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, Bogdan Khmelnitski str. 15, Kiev 01601, Ukraine. E-mail: perkovsk@gmail.com

Key words: Coleoptera, Cantharidae, new species, amber, palaeontology, Eocene, Ukraine.

Abstract. A new fossil species, Malthodes rovnoensis sp.n., is described from the Rovno amber. Mimoplatycis notha Kazantsev, 2013 and Cacomorphocerus sp. are for the first time signalled from the Rovno amber. A list of the fossil Malthodes species, now including seven taxa, is provided.

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