Malthinus flaveolus
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Malthinus flaveolus (Herbst, 1786)
Cantharis flaveola Herbst, 1786: 171.
Necydalis punctata Geoffroy, 1785: 174 (homonym).
Telephorus minimus A.G. Olivier, 1790: no 26: 17.
Cantharis immunis Marsham, 1802: 374.
Cantharis collaris Latreille, 1806: 262.
Cantharis flava Latreille, 1806: 262.
Malthinus robustus Motschulsky, 1853: 4, syn. n.
Malthinus subfuscus Pic, 1906: 24.
Malthinus griseipennis Pic, 1913: 97.
Notes. The type of Malthinus robustus Motschulsky, 1853, as of all the other types of Cantharidae from the territory of Russia and adjacent countries appears to have been lost. However, the description of M. robustus is quite clear (the species is placed in the group with ‘espèces à bout des élytres couleur de souffre’): “De la taille et couleurs du M. flaveolus, mais avec un corselet encore plus étroit, à cotés et angles postérieurs presque droits, sans sinuosités latérales; ligne médiane remplacée par une large foveole à la base, tâches très peu marquées. Stries des élytres effacées. Articles des antennes plus larges. Russ. mer.” [Motschulsky, 1853: 4]. This description of a Malthinus from ‘southern Russia’ perfectly fits to M. flaveolus (Herbst, 1786), the most common representative of the genus in the area. Motschulsky does compare his taxon to M. flaveolus, but, in the same paper, he notes that in M. flaveolus pronotal sides are almost parallel and elytral striae are very distinct, which is characteristic not of M. flaveolus, but of M. facialis Thomson, 1864 [Ganglbauer, 1911]. Therefore, Malthinus robustus Motschulsky, 1853, syn. n. is proposed to be regarded as a junior synonym of Malthinus flaveolus (Herbst, 1786).
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- Scientific name authorship
- Herbst
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- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
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- Coleoptera
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- Cantharidae
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- Malthinus
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- flaveolus
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- Malthinus flaveolus (Herbst, 1786) sec. Kazantsev, 2021
References
- Herbst J. F. G. 1786. Erste Mantisse zum Kritisches Verzeichniss der ersten Klasse meiner Insektensammlung. Archiv der Insectengeschichte. 7 - 8: 153 - 182.
- Geoffroy M. 1785. In: Fourcroy A. F. de. Entomologia parisiensis; sive Catalogus Insectorum quae in Agro Parisiensi reperiuntur; Secundum methodum Geoffraeanam in sectiones, genera et species distributus: cui addita sunt nomina trivialia et fere trexentae novae Species. Pars prima. Parisiis: Priviligio Academiae: 174.
- Olivier A. G. 1790. Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des insectes, avec leurs caracteres generiques et specifiques, leur description, leur synonymie et leur figure enluminee. T. 2. Paris: de Baudouin. 485 p., 63 pls.
- Marsham T. 1802. Entomologia Britannica, sistens Insecta Britanniae indigena, secundun Methodum Linnaeanam disposita. Ordo I. Coleoptera. London: Wilks & Taylor: 547 p.
- Latreille P. A. 1806. Genera Crustaceorum et Insectorum secundum ordinem naturalem in familias disposita, iconibus exemplisque plurimus explicata. V. 1. Parisiis, Argentorati: Amand Koenig. XVIII + + 302 p. + 16 pls.
- Motschulsky V. 1853. Malthinides. Etudes entomologiques. 1852. 1: 1 - 15.
- Pic M. 1906. Etude synoptique sur les " Malthinus " Latr. de France (suite). L'Echange. 22: 22 - 24, 30 - 32.
- Pic M. 1913. Notes diverses, descriptions et diagnoses. L'Echange. 29: 97 - 98.
- Ganglbauer L. 1911. Tribus: Malthinini. In: Fauna Germanica. Die Kafer des Deutsches Reiches. Nach der analytischen Methode bearbeitet. B. 3. Stuttgart: K. G. Lutz: 262 - 274.