Annotated review of the Cantharidae and Malachiidae (Coleoptera) of the Maltese Islands Author Švihla, Vladimír Department of Entomology, National Museum, Kunratice 1, CZ- 148 00 Praha 4, Czech Republic; e-mail: vladimir _ svihla @ nm. cz Author Mifsud, David Ministry for Rural Affairs and the Environment, Agricultural Research and Development Centre, Ghammieri, Marsa, Malta; e-mail: david. a. mifsud @ gov. mt text Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 2006 2006-11-06 46 89 105 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5176714 0374-1036 5176714 Attalus cyaneus ( Fabricius, 1792 ) Malachius cyaneus Fabricius, 1792: 223 . Attalus erythroderus Erichson, 1840 : CAMERON & CARUANA GATTO (1907) : 397 . Material examined. MALTA : 15 exs. ( BMNH ): M. Cameron Coll. B.M. 1936-555 ; 37 exs. ( BMNH ): G.C. Champion Coll. B.M. 1927-409 ; 1 ex. ( HBBM ): Mellieha , Kortin , 6.iii.2004 , leg. H. Borg Barthet ; 1 ex. ( HBBM ): same data but 26.iv.2003 ; 1 ex. ( DMZM ): Bahrija , 20.iv.2002 , leg. D. Mifsud ; 3 exs. ( DMZM ): Delimara , 6.iv.1993 , leg. P. Sprick ; 3 exs. ( DMZM ): Mdina ( Rabat ), 1.iv.1993 , leg. P. Sprick ; 1 ex. ( DMZM ): Bingemma , 220 m , 4.iv.1993 ; 2 exs. ( NMPC ): Buskett , 22.iv.2003 , leg. Z. Švec ; 1 ex. ( NMPC ): Marsascala , 21.iv.2003 , leg. Z. Švec. Distribution. Tunisia , Algeria , Spain , Balearics, S France , Sardinia, Sicily and Malta (GREI- NER 1937, PLATA & SANTIAGO 1990 ). Comments. CAMERON & CARUANA GATTO (1907) recorded this species from Ta’ Baldu.