New species of the subfamily Malthininae (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) from the western Palaearctic Region
Švihla Vladimír
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49(1): 191-216, 2009
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Abstract: The following new taxa of the subfamily Malthininae from the western Palaearctic
Region are described and illustrated: Malthinus hulai sp. nov. (Turkey), M.
ciraliensis sp. nov. (Turkey), M. malinkai sp. nov. (Turkey), M. egadiensis sp.
nov. (Italy: Egadi Is.), Malthodes malinkorum sp. nov. (Turkey), M. zdeneki sp.
nov. (Turkey), M. flagellatus sp. nov. (Turkey), M. aphroditae sp. nov.
(Cyprus), M. fritzlari sp. nov. (Cyprus), M. lysosensis sp. nov. (Cyprus), M.
anadyomenae sp. nov. (Cyprus), M. cyprogenius sp. nov. (Cyprus), M. denizlianus
lesvosensis ssp. nov. (Greece: Lesvos I.), M. andreasi sp. nov. (Turkey), M.
paveli sp. nov. (Iran), and M. lycicus sp. nov. (Turkey). Species status is
given to Malthodes bucakensis Wittmer, 1970, stat. nov., elevated from M.
besucheti bucakensis Wittmer, 1970. Malthinus fasciatus Olivier, 1790 is
synonymised with Malthinus bulgaricus Švihla, 1990, syn. nov. Additional
characters of Malthinus peyerimhoffi Constantin, 1979 are illustrated.
Key words: Coleoptera, Cantharidae, Malthinus, Malthodes, new species, new subspecies, status change, new synonym, Palaearctic Region