Anthomalachius spinosus ( Erichson, 1840 ) Tshernyshev, Sergei E., 2009

Tshernyshev, Sergei E., 2009, Anthomalachius, a new genus of soft-winged flower beetles (Coleoptera, Malachiidae: Malachiinae), Zootaxa 2094 (1), pp. 23-35 : 26

Anthomalachius spinosus ( Erichson, 1840) comb. n.

( Figs. 1–7 , 39 )

Malachius spinosus Erichson, 1840: 81–82

Clanoptilus spinosus: Evers, 1985: 31 , 36

Clanoptilus (Clanoptilus) spinosus: Tshernyshev, 2000: 209 .

Diagnosis. Differs from the closely related species A. strangulatus , by the extremely developed elytral appendage bearing two plates from above and in lower part of vertical lamella, with a horn in apical angle of elytral impression ( Figs. 1, 2 ). Urites and genitalia as in Figs. 3–6 . Length (male/female) 5.1–5.3/ 5.5 mm; width (at elytral base) 1.2–1.3/ 1.4 mm.

Material. ALGERIA: Ain-Mlila environs, Konstantina site, 30.4.1973, S. Kasantsev leg. – ♂ ( SZMN) . MOROCCO bor. occid. Sidi-Slimane , 4.4.1995 M. Snižek leg. ( SZMN) - 2 ♂ ( SZMN) . SPAIN: Alcolea , 6.1977, Z. Táborský leg. – 1 ♀ ( SZMN) ; Sierra de la Demanda, Arrago de Salaj , 26.5.1986, Hozman leg. – ♂ ( SZMN) .

Distribution. Central, East and Southern Europe, North Africa ( Fig. 7 ).

Figures

FIGURES 1–7. Anthomalachius spinosus (Erichson, 1840), male, apex of left elytra, dorsal (1); appendage in elytral apex, lateral (2); apical tergite (3); apical sternite (4); tegmen (5); aedeagus, lateral (6); locality (7). Scale bar 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 39–44. Anthomalachius spp., male habiti, A. spinosus (Erichson, 1840) (39); A. strangulatus (Abeille de Perrin,1885) (40); A. senylia (Tshernyshev, 2000) (41); A. pseudospinosus (Medvedev, 1964) dorsally (42), and ventrally (43); A. foveatus (Medvedev, 1964) (44). Scale bar 1.0 mm.