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First finding of a fossilized Cantharidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the Middle Miocene deposits in Romania
- 1. SC Biodiversity Research and Consulting SRL, Iași, Romania
- 2. Unaffiliated, Piazze, Italy
- 3. Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, Iași, Romania
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The extraordinary fossil sites of Vlădiceni (Iaşi, Romania) recently discovered, with lithostratigraphy of Middle Miocene age, have uncovered a rich fauna especially of fishes, molluscs, amphipods and insects. This includes also the first fossil specimen of family Cantharidae from both this geological formation and from Romania: Malthodes (Malthodes) vladiceniensis sp. nov., which is illustrated and described and compared with living and fossil species of the genus.
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