Malthodes fritzlari, 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 : 205-207

Malthodes fritzlari sp. nov.

( Figs. 12 , 28–30 )

Type locality. Northwestern Cyprus, Akamas peninsula, west of Polis, north of Palos.

Type material. HOLOTYPE: J, ‘ ZYPERN, NW, Palos, N, Polis, W, Akamos [= Akamas], 15.iv.2006, leg. F. Fritzlar [white label, printed]’ ( NMEG) . PARATYPES: 5 JJ 20 ♀♀ (2 couples mounted ‘in copula’), same data as holotype ( NMEG, NMPC).

Description. Coloration. Head black, antennae sepia, mandibles rusty. Prothorax sepia, posterior corners more or less widely and posterior margin narrowly bordered with egg-yolk yellow; some females also with anterior margin narrowly bordered with yellow. Meso- and metasternum sepia; legs sepia, bases of tibiae slightly paler; ventral part of abdomen chestnut brown, sternites narrowly bordered with yellow.

Male. Eyes small, slightly protruding; head across eyes approximately as wide as pronotum; temporal margins arcuately narrowing posteriorly; surface of head very finely punctate and brown pubescent, lustrous. Antenna reaching abdominal apex. Pronotum about as wide as long, anterior margin widely rounded, anterior corners obtusely rounded, lateral margins slightly concave, posterior corners obtusely rounded, posterior margin slightly protruding apicad, widely rounded; surface of pronotum sculptured and pubescent similarly to head, lustrous. Elytra very finely rugulose-lacunose and yellow pubescent, matt. Last abdominal segments as in Figs. 28–30 . Aedeagus as in Fig. 12 .

Female. Eyes smaller than in male, head across eyes slightly narrower than pronotum. Antenna shorter, moderately exceeding elytral apex.

Length (J ♀): 3.1–3.8 mm.

Differential diagnosis. Malthodes fritzlari sp. nov. is similar to M. cyprogenius sp. nov., from which it differs by the much longer and latero-apically angled last tergite, narrower bifurcation of the last sternite, shorter laterophyses of the aedeagus and somewhat different apex of the ventral part of the aedeagus. It is also similar to M. lysosensis sp. nov. and M. anadyomenae sp. nov., from which it differs by the absence of the median longitudinal groove on the ventral side of the last sternite.

Etymology. Dedicated to its collector, Frank Fritzlar (Jena, Germany).

Distribution. Cyprus.

Figures

Figs.9–12.Aedeagus, dorsal view.9 – Malthodes zdeneki sp. nov.(holotype); 10 – M.flagellatus sp. nov. (paratype); 11 – M. aphroditae sp. nov. (holotype); 12 – M. fritzlari sp. nov. (paratype). Scale bars = 0.1 mm.

Figs. 28–33. 28–30 – Malthodes fritzlari sp. nov. (holotype): 28 – last abdominal segments of male, lateral view; 29 – last tergite of male, dorsal view; 30 – apical part of last sternite of male, ventro-caudal view. 31–33 – M. lysosensis sp. nov. (holotype): 31 – last abdominal segments of male, lateral view; 32 – apical part of last sternite of male, ventro-caudal view; 33 – last tergite of male, dorsal view.