Attalus cyaneus ( Fabricius, 1792 )

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 : 96

Attalus cyaneus ( Fabricius, 1792)

Malachius cyaneus Fabricius, 1792: 223 . Attalus erythroderus Erichson, 1840 : CAMERON & CARUANA GATTO (1907): 397.

Material examined. MALTA: 15 exs. ( BMNH): M. Cameron Coll. B.M. 1936-555 ; 37 exs. ( BMNH): G.C. Champion Coll. B.M. 1927-409 ; 1 ex. ( HBBM): Mellieha, Kortin , 6.iii.2004, leg. H. Borg Barthet ; 1 ex. ( HBBM): same data but 26.iv.2003 ; 1 ex. ( DMZM): Bahrija , 20.iv.2002, leg. D. Mifsud ; 3 exs. ( DMZM): Delimara , 6.iv.1993, leg. P. Sprick ; 3 exs. ( DMZM): Mdina (Rabat), 1.iv.1993, leg. P. Sprick ; 1 ex. ( DMZM): Bingemma , 220 m, 4.iv.1993 ; 2 exs. ( NMPC): Buskett , 22.iv.2003, leg. Z. Švec ; 1 ex. ( NMPC): Marsascala, 21.iv.2003, leg. Z. Švec.

Distribution. Tunisia, Algeria, Spain, Balearics, S France, Sardinia, Sicily and Malta (GREI- NER 1937, PLATA & SANTIAGO 1990).

Comments. CAMERON & CARUANA GATTO (1907) recorded this species from Ta’ Baldu.