Malthodes bucakensis Wittmer, 1970

Švihla, Vladimír, 2009, New species of the subfamily Malthininae (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) from the western Palaearctic Region, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49 (1), pp. 191-216 : 214

Malthodes bucakensis Wittmer, 1970 , stat. nov.

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Malthodes besucheti bucakensis Wittmer, 1970: 39 .

Type material examined. Malthodes besucheti besucheti : PARATYPE: J, ‘ Türkei [= Turkey], W.Wittmer [lgt.] [white label, printed] // Nur Dag [= prov. Gaziantep, Nurdağı], 14.v.1969 [white label, printed and handwriten // PARATYPUS [red label, printed]’ ( NMPC).

Additional material examined. TURKEY: ANTALYA: Gülükdağı (Termessos), 7.iv.1999, A. Weigel lgt., 1 J ( AKKG) ; Yazir , 30.iv.–6.v.1990, I. Rydh lgt., 1 J ( NMPC) . TOKAT: Pazar env., 40°14′N 36°18′E, 17.v.2005, P. Kment lgt., 3 JJ 5 ♀♀ ( NMPC) .

Comments. Differences in the shape of the last abdominal segments in males of Malthodes besucheti besucheti and M. besucheti bucakensis were described and illustrated already by WITTMER (1970), who wrote ‘[...] indem der Kopulationsaparat ein wenig in der Form abweicht und ca. 20/22 % grösser ist als bei dieser [ M. besucheti ]’. The aedeagus of M. bucakensis differs significantly from that of M. besucheti by the narrower and apically turned laterophyses and different apex of the ventral part of the aedeagus ( Figs. 19–20 ). I consider these differences as being of specific value and raise Malthodes besucheti bucakensis to a separate species, M. bucakensis .

Figures

Figs. 17–20.Aedeagus, dorsal view.17 – Malthodes paveli sp. nov. (holotype); 18 – M. lycicus sp. nov. (paratype); 19 – M. besucheti Wittmer, 1970 (paratype); 20 – M. bucakensis Wittmer, 1970 (Gülükdağı). Scale bars = 0.05 mm.