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 Malthodes bifurcatus Kiesenwetter, 1852 Malthodes bifurcatus Kiesenwetter, 1852: 297 . Malthodes malcolmi Pic, 1904: 49 ; synonymized by FIORI (1906) : 2 . Malthodes malcolmi : CAMERON & CARUANA GATTO (1907) : 397 . Malthodes malcolmi : TONNA- BARTHET (1931): 7. Malthodes malcolmi : CILIA (1989) : 118 . Material examined. MALTA : 1 ex. ( BMNH ): cotype // Malthodes Malcolmi (Pic) // M. Cameron Coll. B.M. 1936- 555 ; 1 ex. ( BMNH ): Determined by Dr. Cameron // malcolmi // M. Cameron Coll. B.M. 1936-555 ; 3 exs. ( BMNH ): 8680 [= April ’04, Malthodes malcomi ( Pic ), Bosketto ] // M. Cameron Coll. B.M. 1936-555 ; 9 exs. ( BMNH ): M. Cameron Coll. B.M. 1936-555 ; 1 ex. ( NMPC ): Zejtun , 1.v.2003 , leg. D. Mifsud ; 1 ex. ( DMZM ): Bahrija , 19.iii.1995 , leg. D. Mifsud // Malthodes bifurcatus Kiesw. , det. A. Kopetz 2000 ; 4 exs. ( DMZM ): Girgenti Valley , 17.iii.1990 , leg. D. Mifsud // Malthodes bifurcatus Kiesw. , det. A. Kopetz 2000 ; 1 ex. ( DMZM ): Mistra , 4.ii.1996 , leg. D. Mifsud // Malthodes bifurcatus Kiesw. , det. A. Kopetz 2000 . Distribution. Sicily and Malta ( FIORI 1906 ). For distribution in Malta see Fig. 4 . Comments. FIORI (1906) had no material of this species from the Maltese Islands, but he correctly synonymized M. malcolmi with M. bifurcatus . We have examined Cameron’s original material upon which Pic based his description, and can confirm the synonymy.