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In this document, we continue the study of fossil soldier beetles (family Cantharidae) from the Patrick Müller collection. We describe twenty-one new species: Cacomorphocerus deformis sp. nov. from Baltic amber; Silis (Silis) aztecimaya sp. nov. from Chiapas amber; Brevipterus brachypterus sp. nov., Brevipterus brevialatus sp. nov., Brevipterus dimidiatus sp. nov., Hukawngichthyurus monstruosus sp. nov., Sanaungulus ambosae sp. nov., Sanaungulus beeralissae sp. nov., Sanaungulus beerleniae sp. nov., Sanaungulus beernalae sp. nov., Sanaungulus beernilsi sp. nov., Sanaungulus beerthiloi sp. nov., Sanaungulus birmanicus sp. nov., Sanaungulus burgardi sp. nov., Sanaungulus carloi sp. nov., Sanaungulus elfriedeae sp. nov., Sanaungulus feliciaeweissbachae sp. nov., Sanaungulus fossilis sp. nov., Sanaungulus massaronei sp. nov., Sanaungulus rosaemariae sp. nov., and Sanaungulus sucinus sp. nov. from Burmese (Kachin) amber.
Furthermore, a previously unevaluated diagnostic character is identified and shown to have taxonomic value at the generic level, distinguishing Brevipterus Y. Yang, H. Liu & W. Zhao, 2022 from Sanaungulus.
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