Anthomalachius Tshernyshev, 2009

Tong, Junbo, Tshernyshev, Sergei E., Yang, Yuxia & Liu, Haoyu, 2024, First record of the genus Anthomalachius Tshernyshev, 2009 (Coleoptera, Malachiidae) from China, Biodiversity Data Journal 12, pp. e 141874-e 141874 : e141874-

Anthomalachius Tshernyshev, 2009

Anthomalachius Tshernyshev, 2009 - Tshernyshev (2009): 24.

Cyrtosus strangulatus Abeille de Perrin, 1885

Diagnosis

Body medium-sized to large, 4.0– 5.5 mm in length. Antennae completely black (Fig. 1 A – B). Pronotum elongate with distinct depressions at posterior angles (Fig. 4 A – B). Pronotum, scutellar shield and elytra black with metallic lustre, except the elytral apices yellow or orange-yellow. Elytral apices distinctly depressed with lamellate appendages in males (Fig. 2 ). Aedeagus slender (Fig. 4 ).

Distribution

Anthomalachius Tshernyshev, 2009 is a widespread genus in the Palearctic, occurring from Portugal and Morocco in the west to Xinjiang Autonomous Region of China (new faunistic record) and Mongolia in the east ( Tshernyshev 2009).

Figures

Figure 1. Anthomalachius pseudospinosus (Medvedev, 1964), habitus: A male, dorsal view; B female, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.

Figure 2. Anthomalachius pseudospinosus (Medvedev, 1964), male, elytral apices. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.

Figure 4. Anthomalachius pseudospinosus (Medvedev, 1964), male: A ultimate abdominal ventrite; B pygidium; C male genitalia, lateral view; D male genitalia, ventral view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.