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Malthinellus bicolor Kiesenwetter 1874

Authors/Creators

  • 1. The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Laboratory of Forest Zoology, Yayoi 1 – 1 – 1, Bunkyô-ku, Tokyo 113 – 8657, Japan

Description

Malthinellus bicolor Kiesenwetter, 1874:

holotype (by monotypy), male (NHMUK), “Type / H. T.”, “ Japan / G. Lewis / 1910-320”, “ Malthinellus / bicolor / Ksw.”, “SYN- / TYPE”; non-type (all RNC): 1 male, Japan, Kumamoto Pref., Yabe-machi, Komagaeri-pass, 30. VII. 1997, S. Imasaka leg.; 1 female, Japan, Fukuoka Pref., Kitakyûshû-shi, Tashiro, 30. VII. 1996, S. Imasaka leg.; 3 males, Japan, Chiba Pref., Narita-shi, Ôtake, Sakatagaikesôgô-kôen (alt. ca. 30 m), 15. VI. 2016, Ryo Nakamura leg. (Figs. 7A, G, 8A, E–F).

Notes

Published as part of Nakamura, Ryo, 2026, A taxonomic study of Asian soldier beetles of the tribe Malthinini (Coleoptera, Cantharidae, Malthininae), with description of a new genus and a new species of Malthinellus, and notes on the genera Malthinus and Mimomalthinus, pp. 69-92 in Zootaxa 5763 (1) on page 71, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/19190991

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
NHMUK, RNC , RNC
Event date
1996-07-30 , 1997-07-30 , 2016-06-15
Verbatim event date
1996-07-30 , 1997-07-30 , 2016-06-15
Scientific name authorship
Kiesenwetter
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Cantharidae
Genus
Malthinellus
Species
bicolor
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Malthinellus bicolor Kiesenwetter, 1874 sec. Nakamura, 2026

References

  • von Kiesenwetter, H. (1874) Die Malacodermen Japans nach dem Ergebnisse der Sammlungen des Herrn G. Lewis wahrend der Jahre 1869 - 1871. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, 18, 241-288. https://doi.org/10.1002/mmnd.18740180302