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 maculicollis ( Lucas, 1849 ) Malachius maculicollis Lucas, 1849: 194 . Material examined. None. Distribution. Tunisia , Algeria , Morocco , France and Malta ( PLATA & SANTIAGO 1987 ). Comments. PLATA & SANTIAGO (1987) included Malta in the global distribution of this species. Karel Majer (pers. comm. to D. Mifsud 1998, see Material and methods) examined material of this species from Malta . Its presence in the Maltese Islands is hence possible but needs to be verified by additional specimens.