Malthinus danieli, Kuśka, Antoni & Kania, Iwona, 2010

Kuśka, Antoni & Kania, Iwona, 2010, New soldier beetles (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from the Eocene Baltic amber, Zootaxa 2400, pp. 49-56 : 53-54

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.194072
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6197005
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9D4F87E3-FFC2-B102-FF1A-F8F2FA91857B
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Malthinus danieli
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Malthinus danieli sp. nov.

( Figs 10 – 13 View FIGURES 10 – 13 )

Diagnosis. Similar to Malthinus seriepunctatus Kiesenwetter, 1852 , in body shape but different from it in pronotal shape. Pronotum distinctly coarse; cylindrical with strongly bordered anterior and posterior margins. Elytra with rows of punctures. Body greyish–brown and uniformly coloured.

Etymology. The species name is given in honor of the Polish entomologist Daniel Kubisz.

Description. Body ( Fig. 10 View FIGURES 10 – 13 ) 3.2 mm long. Head wide, frons slightly punctate. Eyes small, convex, diameter as long as temple length. Temples parallel, not narrowed backwards. Maxillary palp 4-segmented, last segment very thick, tapered at the end ( Fig. 11 View FIGURES 10 – 13 ). Antennae thin, 3.5 mm long, longer than body, segment 2 shortest, segments 3–11 each about 1/3 longer than segment 2. Pronotum cylindrical, anterior margin distinctly shorter than posterior one ( Fig. 12 View FIGURES 10 – 13 ), both distinctly bordered, separated from rest of disc, with deep groove; black spot on posterior half. Elytra long, with irregular rows of big shallow punctures. Legs slender; tibiae straight, pale, yellow-brown, femora dark. Last sternites visible ( Fig. 13 View FIGURES 10 – 13 ).

Materials examined. Type material. Holotype, No. 161-1, male; Eocene, Baltic amber ( DEI).