Abstract
The paper presents description of new cantharid taxa from the inclusions in the Eocene Baltic amber: Hoffeinsensia jantarica gen. nov. and sp. nov., Sucinocantharis baltica gen. nov. and sp. nov., Malthinus danieli sp. nov., Malthodes sucinopenninus sp. nov. and Malthodes sucini sp. nov. The new genera are characterised by 12or 16-segmented antennae.References
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