Anthomalachius, a new genus of soft-winged flower beetles (Coleoptera, Malachiidae: Malachiinae) Author Tshernyshev, Sergei E. text Zootaxa 2009 2009-05-08 2094 1 23 35 https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2094.1.3 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.2094.1.3 1175-5326 5322655 B908B07D-3F11-4BA1-A44B-002BA029BF23 Anthomalachius strangulatus ( Abeille de Perrin, 1885 ) comb. n. ( Figs. 8–16 , 40 ) Cyrtosus strangulatus Abeille de Perrin, 1885: 143 Malachius strangulatus ( Abeille de Perrin, 1885 ) – Greiner, 1937: 116 Clanoptilus strangulatus ( Abeille de Perrin, 1885 ) – Evers, 1985: 36 Clanoptilus ( Clanoptilus ) strangulatus : Tshernyshev 2000: 205–207 , 209, figs. 24–32; = Malachius vulneratus Abeille de Perrin, 1891 – Evers, 1985: 39–40 . Diagnosis . Specimens of A. strangulatus differ by the rough black pubescence of surface, bright red elytral apices and a shape of elytral appendage ( Fig. 9, 10 ) attached on a round vertical plate and being small above with short hairs distally. Urites and genitalia as in Figs. 11–15 . Length (male/female) 5.5–5.9/ 5.8 mm ; width (at elytral base) 1.6–1.7/ 1.8 mm . Material . UKRAINE : Azov Sea , Berdiansk , 9. VI .1981 , B.Pavlov-Verevkin leg. – 1♂ ( SZMN ); Crimea , Golaia Pristan’ , 3. V .1995 , - S.Vasilenko leg. – 1♂ ( SZMN ). RUSSIA : Krasnodar Area , Ubinskaia Station , Papai Mt. , ~ 1700 m , 30.4.1989 , A.Solodovnikov leg. – 1♂ ( SZMN ); Astrakhan Area , steppe near Nizhiy Baskunchak vill. and Bogdo Mt ., 30. V .1996 , V . Dubatolov leg. – 1♂ , 2♀♀ ( SZMN ) ; KYRGYZSTAN : N slope of Kyrgyzsky Mt. Range , Valley of Karabalta Riv. , ~ 1800 m , 30. V .1995 , D.Milko leg. – 2♂ ( SZMN ). FIGURES 1–7. Anthomalachius spinosus ( Erichson, 1840 ) , male, apex of left elytra, dorsal (1); appendage in elytral apex, lateral (2); apical tergite (3); apical sternite (4); tegmen (5); aedeagus, lateral (6); locality (7). Scale bar 0.5 mm. FIGURES 8–16. Anthomalachius strangulatus ( Abeille de Perrin,1885 ) , male, right antenna (8); apex of left elytra, dorsal (9); appendage in elytral apex, lateral (10); apical tergite (11); apical sternite (12); tegmen (13); aedeagus, dorsal (14); aedeagus, lateral (15); locality (16). Scale bar 0.5 mm. Distribution . From Europe ( Germany , Italy , Hugary, Ukraine , Russia ) to Central Asia ( Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan , Kyrgyzstan ) ( Fig. 16 ).