Malthinus malinkai, 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 : 200

Malthinus malinkai sp. nov.

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Type locality. Turkey, Mardin Province, Hop Geçidi pass.

Type material. HOLOTYPE: J, ‘TR [= Turkey] – prov. Mardin, Hop Gecidi [= Hop Geçidi pass], Mardin env., 11.–14.v.2005, Z. Malinka lgt. [white label, printed]’ ( NMPC) . PARATYPE: 1 J, same data as holotype ( NMPC).

Description. Coloration. Head anteriorly and around eyes honey yellow; vertex with V-shaped or rounded black spot; basal two antennomeres honey yellow, rest of antennomeres sienna with bases narrowly yellow. Prothorax, legs and ventral side of abdomen honey yellow; meso- and metasternum sienna. Scutellum honey yellow to sienna. Elytra in basal two thirds honey yellow with large, indistinctly delimited sepia-coloured scutellar spot, along suture narrowly connected with sepia-coloured posterior third of elytra; apex of each elytron with honey-yellow spot.

Male. Eyes large and rather strongly protruding; head across eyes almost one third wider than pronotum, behind eyes narrowing posteriorly, with lateral margins concave; surface of head almost impunctate, very finely and sparsely yellow pubescent, lustrous. Antenna reaching two thirds of elytral length. Pronotum slightly wider than long, its anterior margin nearly straight, anterior corners obtusely rounded, lateral margins arcuately narrowing posteriorly, slightly sinuate behind both anterior and posterior corners, posterior corners nearly rectangular, posterior margin widely rounded; surface of pronotum sculptured and pubescent similarly to head, lustrous. Hind tibia with small emargination on inner side before midlength similar to that of M. tauri anatolicus Wittmer, 1974 ( ŠVIHLA 2002). Elytra with rows of punctures in basal third, becomming irregular and rugulose-lacunose posteriorly; surface of elytra covered with very sparse and fine yellow pubescence, matt, basal third semilustrous. Aedeagus as in Fig. 5 .

Female unknown.

Length (J): 3.9–4.0 mm.

Differential diagnosis. In the shape of the aedeagus, Malthinus malinkai sp. nov. is similar to M. tauri Pic, 1907 ( Turkey) . It differs from the latter by the more widely fused tubular laterophyses (cf. WITTMER 1974 and ŠVIHLA 2002). The posterior tibia of male is very similar to that of M. tauri anatolicus Wittmer, 1974 (cf. ŠVIHLA 2002).

Etymology. Dedicated to its collector, Zdeněk Malinka (Opava, Czech Republic).

Distribution. Southeastern Turkey.

Figures

Figs. 5–8.Aedeagus, dorsal view. 5 – Malthinus malinkai sp. nov. (holotype); 6 – M. peyerimhoffi Constantin, 1979 (Tizi-n-Test pass); 7 – M. egadiensis sp. nov. (holotype); 8 – Malthodes malinkorum sp. nov. (paratype). Scale bars = 0.1 mm.