Ebaeus gibbus ( Drapiez, 1819 )

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 : 98

Ebaeus gibbus ( Drapiez, 1819)

Malachius gibbus Drapiez, 1819: 133 , plate 8 Fig. 4 . Ebaeus taeniatus: BAUDI DI SELVE (1871) : 126. Ebaeus cyaneus: CAMERON & CARUANA GATTO (1907) : 397.

Material examined. None.

Distribution. SE France, Italy, Sicily, Malta and Hungary ( ABEILLE DE PERRIN 1891; HORVA- TOVICH 1969). The presence of this species in Hungary needs to be verified.

Comments. Ebaeus gibbus was reported from Malta by BAUDI DI SELVE (1871) as E. taeniatus Mulsant & Rey, 1867 . CAMERON & CARUANA GATTO (1907) followed BAUDI DI SELVE (1871) as they did not see any specimens. Karel Majer (pers. comm. to D. Mifsud 1998) examined specimens from Malta. The occurrence of this species in the Maltese Islands is highly probable but requires confirmation.

Figures

Fig. 4. Distribution of Malthinus latirufus (Pic, 1901) (asterisc), Malthodes bifurcatus Kiesenwetter, 1852 (triangle) and Malthodes cameroni (Pic, 1903) (rhomb) in the Maltese Islands (Malta at bottom, Gozo at top and Comino in middle).