Anthomalachius strangulatus ( Abeille de Perrin, 1885 ) 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 : 26-29

Anthomalachius strangulatus ( Abeille de Perrin, 1885) comb. n.

( Figs. 8–16 , 40 )

Cyrtosus strangulatus Abeille de Perrin, 1885: 143

Malachius strangulatus ( Abeille de Perrin, 1885) – Greiner, 1937: 116

Clanoptilus strangulatus ( Abeille de Perrin, 1885) – Evers, 1985: 36

Clanoptilus (Clanoptilus) strangulatus: Tshernyshev 2000: 205–207 , 209, figs. 24–32;

= Malachius vulneratus Abeille de Perrin, 1891 – Evers, 1985: 39–40.

Diagnosis. Specimens of A. strangulatus differ by the rough black pubescence of surface, bright red elytral apices and a shape of elytral appendage ( Fig. 9, 10 ) attached on a round vertical plate and being small above with short hairs distally. Urites and genitalia as in Figs. 11–15 . Length (male/female) 5.5–5.9/ 5.8 mm; width (at elytral base) 1.6–1.7/ 1.8 mm.

Material. UKRAINE: Azov Sea, Berdiansk , 9. VI .1981 , B.Pavlov-Verevkin leg. – 1♂ ( SZMN); Crimea, Golaia Pristan’ , 3. V .1995 , - S.Vasilenko leg. – 1♂ ( SZMN). RUSSIA: Krasnodar Area, Ubinskaia Station, Papai Mt. , ~ 1700 m , 30.4.1989, A.Solodovnikov leg. – 1♂ ( SZMN); Astrakhan Area, steppe near Nizhiy Baskunchak vill. and Bogdo Mt ., 30. V.1996, V. Dubatolov leg. – 1♂, 2♀♀ ( SZMN) ; KYRGYZSTAN: N slope of Kyrgyzsky Mt. Range, Valley of Karabalta Riv. , ~ 1800 m , 30. V .1995 , D.Milko leg. – 2♂ ( SZMN).

Distribution. From Europe ( Germany, Italy, Hugary, Ukraine, Russia) to Central Asia ( Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan) ( Fig. 16 ).

Figures

FIGURES 8–16. Anthomalachius strangulatus (Abeille de Perrin,1885), male, right antenna (8); apex of left elytra, dorsal (9); appendage in elytral apex, lateral (10); apical tergite (11); apical sternite (12); tegmen (13); aedeagus, dorsal (14); aedeagus, lateral (15); locality (16). 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.