Malthodes andreasi, Švihla, 2009

Švihla, Vladimír, 2009, New species of the subfamily Malthininae (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) from the western Palaearctic Region, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49 (1), pp. 191-216 : 210-212

Malthodes andreasi sp. nov.

( Figs. 16 , 43–45 )

Type locality. Turkey, Antalya Province, pass 18 km northeast of Belen, 36°28′38″N 32°23′16″E, 1550 m a.s.l.

Type material. HOLOTYPE: J, ‘TURCIA m., Prov. Antalya, 18 km NE Demirtas [= Belen], Pass bei [= about] 1550 m, 36°28′38″N, 32°23′16″E, coniferous forest, shady grass, leg. A. Kopetz, KF [white label, printed]’ ( NMEG) . PARATYPES: 11 JJ 1 ♀, same data as holotype ( AKKG, NMPC).

Description. Coloration. Body entirely sooty, only mandibles, knees and sometimes very narrow posterior margin of pronotum slightly paler.

Male. Eyes of medium size, protruding; head across eyes moderately wider than pronotum, temporal margins almost straightly narrowing posteriorly; surface of head finely punctate and yellow pubescent, semilustrous. Antenna slightly exceeding abdominal apex. Pronotum by one fourth wider than long, anterior margin very slightly convex, nearly straight in middle portion, anterior corners obtusely rounded, lateral margins slightly concave, posterior corners obtusely rounded, posterior margin moderately protruding apicad, widely rounded; surface of pronotum finely rugose, finely and sparsely yellow pubescent, matt. Elytra finely rugulose-lacunose and yellow pubescent, matt, semilustrous basally. Last abdominal segments as in Figs. 43–45 ; last sternite with median longitudinal groove along entire length in ventral view. Aedeagus as in Fig. 16 .

Female. Eyes smaller and less protruding than in male; head across eyes approximately as wide as pronotum, temporal margins arcuately narrowing posteriorly. Antennae much shorter, presumably not reaching apex of elytra (antennomeres 9–11 missing in the specimen examined). Lateral margins of pronotum straight and converging posteriorly. Wings strongly reduced or completely absent.

Length (J ♀): 2.7–3.5 mm.

Differential diagnosis. Malthodes andreasi sp. nov. is similar to M. denizlianus and M. kopetzi Švihla, 2002 but differs from both of them by the almost parallel-sided last tergite, presence of the median longitudinal groove on the ventral side of the last sternite and wider laterophyses of the aedeagus (cf. ŠVIHLA 2002).

Etymology. Dedicated to its collector, Andreas Kopetz (Erfurt-Kerspleben, Germany).

Distribution. Southern Turkey.

Figures

Figs. 13–16. Aedeagus, dorsal view. 13 – Malthodes lysosensis sp. nov. (holotype); 14 – M. anadyomenae sp. nov. (paratype); 15 – M. cyprogenius sp. nov. (holotype); 16 – M. andreasi sp. nov. (paratype). Scale bars = 0.1 mm. Arrows refer to diagnostic characters mentioned in descriptions.

Figs. 42–48. 42 – Malthodes denizlianus lesvosensis ssp. nov. (holotype), last sternite of male, ventral view; 43–45 – M. andreasi sp. nov. (holotype): 43 – last abdominal segments of male, lateral view; 44 – last tergite of male, dorsocaudal view; 45 – last sternite of male, ventral view. 46–48 – M. paveli sp. nov. (holotype): 46 – last sternite of male, ventral view; 47 – last abdominal segments of male, lateral view; 48 – last tergite of male, dorso-caudal view.