Anthomalachius senylia ( Tshernyshev, 2000 ) Tshernyshev, Sergei E., 2009

Tshernyshev, Sergei E., 2009, Anthomalachius, a new genus of soft-winged flower beetles (Coleoptera, Malachiidae: Malachiinae), Zootaxa 2094 (1), pp. 23-35 : 29

Anthomalachius senylia ( Tshernyshev, 2000) comb. n.

( Figs. 17–25 , 41 )

Clanoptilus senylia Tshernyshev 2000: 207–209 , Figs. 33–41 .

Diagnosis. C. senylia differs from the closest related species by fine black pubescence on its surface, yellow coloration of elytral apices ( Fig. 41 ) and the shape of elytral appendage ( Fig. 18, 19 ) based on a rectangular vertical plate and being large, rectangular, bearing bunches of long hairs anteriorly. Urites and genitalia as in Figs. 20–25 . Length (male/female) 5.0/ 5.1 mm; width (at elytral base) 1.4/ 1.4 mm.

Material. UZBEKISTAN: NW Hissar Mts., Igrisu canyon, Kok-Kishlak vill., h~ 1500 m, 38 0 36’N 66 0 55’E, 7. VI.1997, D.Milko leg. – ♂ (holotypus) ( SZMN) . KYRGYZSTAN: Chatkal Mt. Range , N slope, Ters riverside, h~ 1600 m, 41 0 37’N 70 0 41’E, 2.VII.1996, D.Milko leg. – ♀ ( SZMN) ; Alaj Mt. Range , Kyzyl-Eshme Ravine, ~ 2900 m, 39 0 37’N 72 0 17’E, 20.VII.1998, D.Milko leg. – 1♀ ( SZMN) ; S- Kyrgyzstan, S slope of Alaj Mt. Range , Ok-Suu Ravine, 6 km NWW Kara-Tejit vill., ~ 2600 m, 39 0 31’N 71 0 41’E, 17.VII.1998, D.Milko leg. - 1 ♂ ( SZMN) .

Distribution. Central Asia: mountains of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan ( Fig. 25 ).

Figures

FIGURES 17–25. Anthomalachius senylia (Tshernyshev, 2000), male, right antenna (17); apex of left elytra, dorsal (18); appendage in elytral apex, lateral (19); apical tergite (20); apical sternite (21); tegmen (22); aedeagus, lateral (23); aedeagus, dorsal (24); locality (25). Scale bar 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 39–44. Anthomalachius spp., male habiti, A. spinosus (Erichson, 1840) (39); A. strangulatus (Abeille de Perrin,1885) (40); A. senylia (Tshernyshev, 2000) (41); A. pseudospinosus (Medvedev, 1964) dorsally (42), and ventrally (43); A. foveatus (Medvedev, 1964) (44). Scale bar 1.0 mm.

FIGURES 33–38. Anthomalachius foveatus (Medvedev, 1964), male, apex of left elytra, dorsal (33); apical tergite (34); apical sternite (35); tegmen (36); aedeagus, lateral (37); locality (38). Scale bar 0.5 mm.