Colotes punctatus ( Erichson, 1840 )

Švihla, Vladimír & Mifsud, David, 2006, Annotated review of the Cantharidae and Malachiidae (Coleoptera) of the Maltese Islands, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 46, pp. 89-105 : 95-96

Colotes punctatus ( Erichson, 1840)

Charopus punctatus Erichson, 1840: 122 . Colotes punctatus: CAMERON & CARUANA GATTO (1907) : 397.

Material examined. MALTA: 1 ex. ( BMNH): 7332 [= June 1902, Colotes punctatus, ER, St. Paul’s Bay] // M. Cameron Coll. B.M. 1936-555 ; 8 exs. ( DMZM, NMPC): around Ghadira Reserve (Mellieha) // 2.vi.2002, leg. D. Mifsud ; 1 ex. ( DMZM): St. Thomas Bay, Tal-Munxar , 28.iv.2002, leg. D. Mifsud. COMINO: 1 ex. ( DMZM): Santa Maria Bay, 13.viii.2002, leg. D. Mifsud.

Distribution. Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Balearics, S France, Sardinia, S Italy, Sicily, Malta, Croatia, Greece ( GREINER 1937, PLATA & SANTIAGO 1987, AUDISIO et al. 1995), Corsica (unpublished record, coll. NMPC).