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 1 191 216 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5318944 0374-1036 5318944 Malthinus fasciatus Olivier, 1790 ( Figs. 1–2 ) Telephorus fasciatus A. G. Olivier, 1790 : no 26: 18. Malthinus bulgaricus Švihla, 1990: 200 , syn. nov. Type material examined. Malthinus bulgaricus : HOLOTYPE : J, ‘Bulg.[aria], Sandanski, 11.vi.[19]84, Karas [lgt.] [white label, printed and handwritten] // HOLOTYPUS , Malthinus bulgaricus sp. n. , V. Švihla det. 1988 [red label, printed]’ ( NMPC ). Additional material examined. FRANCE : ÎLE- DE- FRANCE: Paris-Sceaux , Achard lgt., 2JJ ( NMPC ) ; CHAMPAGNE- ARDENNE: Épernay , 12.vi.1946 , Demaison lgt., 1 J and 1 ♀ ‘in copula’ ( NHMB ) ; several further males from France , Austria and northern Italy (all NHMB ) . Comments. When describing M. bulgaricus , I knew only two males of M. fasciatus from Paris-Sceaux. Because Paris is the type locality of Malthinus fasciatus and no type material was found in the Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, where Olivier’s collection is deposited, I believed that these two specimens represent M. fasciatus . The specimen which I described from Bulgaria as a new species differs significantly in the shape of the median lobe with an extruding part of the phallus and widely opened, fused laterophyses ( Fig. 1 ). Unfortunately, the aedeagi of the specimens from Sceaux ( Fig. 2 ) have shown to be abberant (teratological?) as no other specimens with phallus not extruded were found in the material examined. Therefore, I synonymise the two species.