Malthodes sucini, Kuśka, Antoni & Kania, Iwona, 2010

Kuśka, Antoni & Kania, Iwona, 2010, New soldier beetles (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from the Eocene Baltic amber, Zootaxa 2400, pp. 49-56 : 55

Malthodes sucini sp. nov.

( Figs 17 – 18 )

Diagnosis. Similar to Malthodes ceranoviczae Kuśka & Kupryjanowicz 2005 , described from Baltic amber, but different from it in last sternite shape: last sternite bigger and branches of bifurcated portion more parallel.

Etymology. The species name is derived from Latin “ sucinum ” – amber.

Description. Body ( Fig. 17 ) 2.8 mm long. Elytra 1.4 mm long. Antennae filiform, brown, pubescent; segments slightly becoming wider terminally; segment 1 elongate, club-shaped, twice as long as segments 2 and 3; following segments distinctly longer than segment 3. Three last sternites narrowed apically; last one twice as long as penultimate, rounded. Last sternite ( Fig. 18 ) bifurcated at end; slightly pubescent; bifurcated parts tapered apically, and penultimate sternit emarginate almost to base. Pronotum and elytra slightly visible because of being covered by white emulsion.

Materials examined. Type material. Holotype, No. 161-2, male; Eocene, Baltic amber ( DEI).

Figures

FIGURES 17 – 18. Malthodes sucini sp. nov. 17. Holotype, lateral view. 18. Last segments of abdomen, male.