New species of the subfamily Malthininae (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) from the western Palaearctic Region
Author
Švihla, Vladimír
text
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
2009
2009-06-30
49
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191
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5318944
0374-1036
5318944
Malthodes bucakensis
Wittmer, 1970
,
stat. nov.
(
Fig. 20
)
Malthodes besucheti bucakensis
Wittmer, 1970: 39
.
Type material examined.
Malthodes besucheti besucheti
:
PARATYPE
: J, ‘
Türkei
[=
Turkey
], W.Wittmer [lgt.] [white label, printed] // Nur Dag [= prov.
Gaziantep
, Nurdağı],
14.v.1969
[white label, printed and handwriten //
PARATYPUS
[red label, printed]’ (
NMPC
).
Additional material examined.
TURKEY
:
ANTALYA
:
Gülükdağı
(Termessos),
7.iv.1999
,
A. Weigel
lgt., 1 J (
AKKG
)
;
Yazir
,
30.iv.–6.v.1990
,
I. Rydh
lgt., 1 J (
NMPC
)
.
TOKAT
:
Pazar
env.,
40°14′N
36°18′E
,
17.v.2005
,
P. Kment
lgt., 3 JJ
5 ♀♀
(
NMPC
)
.
Comments.
Differences in the shape of the last abdominal segments in males of
Malthodes besucheti besucheti
and
M. besucheti bucakensis
were described and illustrated already by
WITTMER (1970)
, who wrote ‘[...] indem der Kopulationsaparat ein wenig in der Form abweicht und ca. 20/22 % grösser ist als bei dieser [
M. besucheti
]’. The aedeagus of
M. bucakensis
differs significantly from that of
M. besucheti
by the narrower and apically turned laterophyses and different apex of the ventral part of the aedeagus (
Figs. 19–20
). I consider these differences as being of specific value and raise
Malthodes besucheti bucakensis
to a separate species,
M. bucakensis
.