identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
657D7273FF97FFF42BDEFBACB8BBC3D0.text	657D7273FF97FFF42BDEFBACB8BBC3D0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Malthinus (Malthinus) masoni M. G. PANKOWSKI & FANTI 2022	<div><p>Malthinus (Malthinus) masoni M. G. PANKOWSKI &amp; FANTI sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs. 1–2)</p> <p>Description. Adult, winged, female defined on the basis of the short antennae and wide last sternite (not triangular shaped). Body length: 4.4 mm. Entirely dark brown-blackish without yellow spots on elytra, and with head and pronotum lighter brown and covered by black lines and marks.</p> <p>Head exposed, strongly narrowed behind eyes, very strongly rugose, with deep and wide punctation and very few setae. Eyes very large, prominent, convex, rounded, inserted in the lateral-upper part of head. Mandibles falciform, elongated, thin. Maxillary palpi 4-segmented, with last palpomere globular and distally pointed. Labial palpi 3-segmented, with last palpomere globular and distally pointed. Antennae filiform, 11-segmented, short, reaching and surpassing two thirds of elytra; antennomere I elongated and nearly as long as the sum of antennomeres II and III, club-shaped; antennomere II about 1.7 times shorter than antennomere I; antennomeres III-V about 1.3 times longer than antennomere II; antennomeres VI-X subequal in length, millimetrically shorter than previous ones; antennomere XI elongated, very slightly pointed; all antennomeres covered by short setae. Pronotum as wide as long, narrower than head, rugose, surface slightly undulate and deeply impressed punctate, equipped with short setae, sides straight and strongly bordered, posterior and anterior margin straight and strongly bordered. Elytra short (revealing three abdominal segments uncovered), wider than pronotum, covered with deep punctation and some erect setae, parallel-sided, strongly rounded at apex. Hind wings slightly infuscate, exceeding the elytra and covering last two abdominal segments. Legs slender, pubescent; coxae short, stout; trochanters slightly elongated with rounded apex; femora enlarged, rather straight; tibiae cylindrical and thin, pro- and mesotibiae shorter than pro- and mesofemora, metatibiae longer than metafemora. Tarsi 5-segmented, pubescent; tarsomere I thin, elongated; tarsomere II about 1.5 times shorter than tarsomere I; tarsomere III very short, triangular-shaped; tarsomere IV strongly bilobed; tarsomere V elongated, slightly curved, slender; claws simple without tooth. Metasternum with rounded posterior margin, covered with many dispersed, very short setae and very shallow punctation. Sternites transverse and pubescent. Last tergite short, transverse, rounded apically; last sternite as wide as last tergite, rounded apically. Male unknown.</p> <p>Etymology. Species named after Dr. R. Bryan Mason, a gifted neurosurgeon in Maryland who operated on the first author’s mother and successfully removed her brain tumor.</p> <p>Holotype. Female, inclusion in Baltic amber, housed at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC, USA, under catalog No. 775570.</p> <p>Type locality. Amber mine in the Yantarny settlement, Sambian Peninsula, Kaliningrad Region, Russia.</p> <p>Type horizon. Middle Eocene (Lutetian) (47.8–41.2 Ma) to late Eocene (Priabonian) (37.8–33.9 Ma).</p> <p>Syninclusions. Detritus, botanical fragments, air bubbles and a few stellate hairs.</p> <p>Systematic placement. The new, extinct species clearly belongs in the subfamily Malthininae based on its last maxillary palpomere that is globular and pointed distally. Characters including its triangular head behind the eyes, filiform antennae, long elytra and unmodified terminalia place the new species in the genus Malthinus.</p> <p>Differential diagnosis. No sister group of Malthinus masoni sp. nov. has been found living in the Baltic region or Central Europe, and no other fossil species of Malthinus exhibits the same characters as the new species. Malthinus masoni sp. nov. differs from the fossil species Malthinus danieli Kuśka &amp; Kania, 2010 in its coloration: Malthinus danieli has a lighter pronotum with a black spot on the posterior half, and it has pale yellow-brown tibiae and dark femora (Kuśka &amp; Kania 2010). The new species also differs by its pronotum with straight sides: The pronotum is narrower anteriorly in Malthinus danieli (Kuśka &amp; Kania 2010). Compared to the new species described here, Malthinus rifbjergi Fanti &amp; Damgaard, 2018 has a more transverse pronotum (1.5:1 vs. 1:1), as well as different lengths and slightly different shapes of its antennomeres (Fanti &amp; Damgaard 2018). In the new species, for example, antennomeres II is shorter (in comparison to the other 10 antennomeres) and more club shaped than in Malthinus rifbjergi.</p> <p>Remarks. The yellow rectangular amber piece measures approximately 27x16x 5 mm and weighs 1.5 grams. The inclusion is complete and clearly visible. The amber piece has some superficial cracks.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/657D7273FF97FFF42BDEFBACB8BBC3D0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Pankowski, Maximilian G.;Fanti, Fabrizio	Pankowski, Maximilian G., Fanti, Fabrizio (2022): Two new fossil species of soldier beetles (Coleoptera, Cantharidae, Malthininae) from Baltic amber. Zootaxa 5165 (4): 548-556, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5165.4.6
657D7273FF95FFF32BDEFA4BB864C320.text	657D7273FF95FFF32BDEFA4BB864C320.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Malthodes (Malthodes) markpankowskii M. G. PANKOWSKI & FANTI 2022	<div><p>Malthodes (Malthodes) markpankowskii M. G. PANKOWSKI &amp; FANTI sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs. 3–4)</p> <p>Description. Adult, winged, male defined on the basis of the last urites strongly modified. Body length: 4.0 mm. Entirely blackish-dark brown without yellow spots on elytra.</p> <p>Head exposed, wide, rounded, covered by short setae. Eyes large, very prominent, convex, rounded, inserted in the lateral-upper part of head. Mandibles falciform, elongated. Maxillary palpi 4-segmented, with last palpomere globular and distally pointed. Labial palpi 3-segmented, with last palpomere globular and distally pointed. Antennae filiform, 11-segmented, relatively short as they only reach the apex of elytra and about half of abdomen; antennomere I elongated, slightly club-shaped (enlarged from the middle to the apex); antennomere II about 2.0 times shorter than antennomere I; antennomere III about 1.1 times longer than antennomere II; antennomeres IV–IX subequal in length, longer than antennomere III; antennomere X about 1.4 times shorter than previous ones; antennomere XI elongated, rounded at apex; all antennomeres covered by several long setae. Pronotum strongly transverse (approximately one third wider than long), as wide as head, surface almost flat and barely punctate (shallow punctation) with many short setae, sides straight and strongly bordered, posterior and anterior margin strongly bordered and very slightly enlarged/curved in the middle. Elytra short (revealing four tergites uncovered), wider than pronotum, covered with shallow punctation and several erect setae, parallel-sided, strongly rounded at apexes. Hind wings infuscate, exceeding the elytra and partially covering penultimate tergite but not the last one. Legs slender, pubescent; coxae short, stout; trochanters elongated with rounded apex; femora enlarged, slightly curved; tibiae cylindrical and thin, pro- and mesotibiae shorter than pro- and mesofemora, metatibiae as long as metafemora. Tarsi 5-segmented, pubescent; tarsomere I thin, elongated; tarsomere II shorter than tarsomere I; tarsomere III shorter than second; tarsomere IV strongly bilobed; tarsomere V elongated, slightly curved, slender; claws simple without tooth. Metasternum with rounded posterior margin, covered with many dispersed, short setae. Sternites transverse and pubescent. Penultimate tergite (tg9) wide, subrectangular; last tergite (tg10) narrower than penultimate tergite, elongated, with apical margin rather deeply concave; last sternite (st9) very elongated, as narrow as last tergite, apically almost straight (very slightly emarginate). Aedeagus not visible. Female unknown.</p> <p>Etymology. Species named after Mark S. Pankowski, the big-hearted father of the first author.</p> <p>Holotype. Male, inclusion in Baltic amber, housed at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, USA, under catalog No. 775571.</p> <p>Type locality. Amber mine in the Yantarny settlement, Sambian Peninsula, Kaliningrad Region, Russia.</p> <p>Type horizon. Middle Eocene (Lutetian) (47.8–41.2 Ma) to late Eocene (Priabonian) (37.8–33.9 Ma).</p> <p>Syninclusions. Many stellate hairs, detritus, botanical fragments and air bubbles.</p> <p>Systematic placement. This new, extinct species clearly belongs to the subfamily Malthininae based on its last maxillary palpomere that is globular and pointed distally. Its rounded head behind eyes, filiform antennae and strongly modified terminalia place the new species in the genus Malthodes.</p> <p>Differential diagnosis. No sister group of Malthodes markpankowskii sp. nov. has been found living in the Baltic region or Central Europe, and no other fossil species of Malthodes has this combination of characters (in particular the shape of the terminalia) shown by Malthodes markpankowskii sp. nov. One fossil species that is vaguely similar is Malthodes neumanni Fanti, 2019 from Bitterfeld amber. It differs by the shorter last sternite (st9) with a more concave anterior margin (Fanti 2019), and by its shorter last tergite (tg10). The other slightly similar species is Malthodes meriae Fanti, 2018 from Baltic amber. Compared with the new species described here, M. meriae has a much smaller and shorter last tergite, as well as a last sternite with a more concave anterior margin (Fanti 2018).</p> <p>Remarks. The yellow rectangular amber piece measures approximately 26x13x 4 mm and weighs 1.2 grams. The inclusion is complete and clearly visible except for small areas around the head.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/657D7273FF95FFF32BDEFA4BB864C320	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Pankowski, Maximilian G.;Fanti, Fabrizio	Pankowski, Maximilian G., Fanti, Fabrizio (2022): Two new fossil species of soldier beetles (Coleoptera, Cantharidae, Malthininae) from Baltic amber. Zootaxa 5165 (4): 548-556, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5165.4.6
