Malthodes lysosensis, 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 : 207

Malthodes lysosensis sp. nov.

( Figs. 13 , 31–33 )

Type locality. Northwestern Cyprus, Lysos, southwest of Polis, 600 m a.s.l.

Type material. HOLOTYPE: J, ‘ ZYPERN, NW, Polis SW Lysos, 600 m, 16.iv.2006, leg. F. Fritzlar [white label, printed]’ ( NMEG) . PARATYPES: 5 JJ 1 ♀, ‘Cyprus, Paphos distr., Polis 10 km W, Aphrodite Bay footpath, 35°04´N 32°18´E, 158 m, 21.iv.1999, R. Constantin [lgt.] [white label, printed]’ ( RCSF, NMPC).

Description. Coloration. Head black, antennae sooty, mandibles sepia. Prothorax saffron yellow, anterior corners and cross-shaped median longitudinal stripe sepia; the stripe not reaching posterior margin of pronotum. Meso- and metasternum and legs sepia; ventral part of abdomen sepia, sternites narrowly bordered with yellow. Scutellum and elytra sepia, each elytron with yellow apical spot.

Male. Head moderately elongate; eyes of medium size, slightly protruding; head across eyes approximately as wide as pronotum, temporal margins arcuately narrowing posteriorly; surface of head very finely punctate and yellow pubescent, lustrous. Antenna moderately exceeding abdominal apex. Pronotum slightly wider than long, anterior margin widely rounded, anterior corners obtuse, very slightly rounded, lateral margins moderately concave, posterior corners obtusely rounded, posterior margin protruding apicad, rounded; surface of pronotum sculptured and pubescent similarly to head, lustrous. Elytra finely rugulose-lacunose, finely yellow pubescent, semilustrous. Last abdominal segments as in Figs. 31–33 , last sternite ventrally in its apical half before bifurcation with median longitudinal groove. Aedeagus as in Fig. 13 .

Female unknown.

Length (J): 3.4 mm.

Differential diagnosis. Malthodes lysosensis sp. nov. is similar to M. anadyomenae sp. nov., from which it differs by the less emarginate last sternite with more slender branches of the bifurcation, presence of the median longitudinal groove on the ventral side of the last sternite restricted to the apical half, shorter last tergite lacking laterally protruding inner portions, absence of protuberances at the base of the aedeagus, shorter laterophyses and less emarginate ventral portion of the phallus.

Etymology. Named after the type locality.

Distribution. Cyprus.

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. 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.