Ebaeus pedicularius atrotibialis Tshernyshev, 2003

Tshernyshev, Sergei E., Dudko, Roman Yu., Gurina, Anna A. & Legalov, Andrei A., 2021, First record of soft-winged flower beetles (Coleoptera, Malachiidae) in a late Pleistocene deposit from West Siberia with a review of known Quaternary data, Acta Biologica Sibirica 7, pp. 1-19 : 1

Ebaeus pedicularius atrotibialis Tshernyshev, 2003

Material.

Russia, Republic of Altai: Mountain Altai, Kosh-Agach district , 6 km NE of Ortolyk village, valley of Tedtuyaryk river , sweeping on poplars, 3.VII.2003, S.E. Tshernyshev leg. - ♂, holotypus, ♀, allotypus; (Fig. 4e, f ) .

Distribution.

Russia: South Siberian mountains.

Habitat.

Collected from poplar and elm leaves and stems near mountain river.

Notes.

The main characteristics that differentiate the subspecies from the nominative one is the larger size, angular yellow colouration of elytral apices, shape of the outer appendage and black colouration of hind tibiae. Sizes are closer to those in sub-fossil fragments, but smaller. For a detailed description of the subspecies see Tshernyshev 2003: 294, 297, Figs 47-53.

Figures

Figure 4. Ebaeus spp. upper side (a-f) and sub-fossil fragments from the Ustyanka- 1 (g-k): a, b, E. rufipes; c, d, E. ukokus; e, f, E. pedicularius atrotibialis; g-k, Ebaeus sp.: pronotum (g), left elyton (h), right elytra (i, j, k). a, c, e - males, b, d, f, h, i, j, k - females.