Anthomalachius species

Tshernyshev, Sergei E., 2009, Anthomalachius, a new genus of soft-winged flower beetles (Coleoptera, Malachiidae: Malachiinae), Zootaxa 2094 (1), pp. 23-35 : 25-26

Key to Anthomalachius species (males only)

1. Elytral tips slightly depressed, appendages lacking ( Fig. 33 ) ............................................................................ foveatus

- Elytral tips strongly impressed, appendages distinct ( Figs. 1, 2 , 9, 10 , 18, 19 , 26, 27 ) ............................................... 2

2. Black pubescence of surface sparse, elytral tips yellow ( Figs. 41, 42 ) ....................................................................... 3

- Black pubescence of surface dense, elytral tips red-orange ( Figs. 39, 40 ) .................................................................. 4

3. Apical elytral impression triangular, cut from outer sides of elytra, tips of the lower part of impression black, pointed ( Fig. 18 ), upper plate of appendage distinct, black, rectangular, flat from above, with group of long dark hairs ( Fig. 19 ) ....................................................................................................................................................................... senylia - Apical elytral impression straight, tips of the lower part of impression light, round, not pointed ( Fig. 26 ), upper plate of appendage small, oval, impressed from above, darkened only on the tip, with small group of light hairs ( Fig. 27 ) .............................................................................................................................................................. pseudospinosus

4. Appendage in lower side of elytral impression with distinct black horn ( Fig. 2 ) ............................................ spinosus

- Appendage in lower side of elytral impression lacking horn ( Fig. 10 ) ..................................................... strangulatus

Figures

FIGURES 33–38. Anthomalachius foveatus (Medvedev, 1964), male, apex of left elytra, dorsal (33); apical tergite (34); apical sternite (35); tegmen (36); aedeagus, lateral (37); locality (38). Scale bar 0.5 mm.

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.

FIGURES 17–25. Anthomalachius senylia (Tshernyshev, 2000), male, right antenna (17); apex of left elytra, dorsal (18); appendage in elytral apex, lateral (19); apical tergite (20); apical sternite (21); tegmen (22); aedeagus, lateral (23); aedeagus, dorsal (24); locality (25). Scale bar 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 26–32. Anthomalachius pseudospinosus (Medvedev, 1964), male, apex of left elytra, dorsal (26); appendage in elytral apex, lateral (27); apical tergite (28); apical sternite (29); tegmen (30); aedeagus, lateral (31); locality (32). Scale bar 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 39–44. Anthomalachius spp., male habiti, A. spinosus (Erichson, 1840) (39); A. strangulatus (Abeille de Perrin,1885) (40); A. senylia (Tshernyshev, 2000) (41); A. pseudospinosus (Medvedev, 1964) dorsally (42), and ventrally (43); A. foveatus (Medvedev, 1964) (44). Scale bar 1.0 mm.