First record of the genus Anthomalachius Tshernyshev, 2009 (Coleoptera, Malachiidae) from China

Junbo Tong; Sergei E Tshernyshev; Yuxia Yang; Haoyu Liu

doi:10.3897/BDJ.12.e141874

First record of the genus Anthomalachius Tshernyshev, 2009 (Coleoptera, Malachiidae) from China

Biodivers Data J. 2024 Dec 30:12:e141874. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e141874. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Junbo Tong¹, Sergei E Tshernyshev^{2

3}, Yuxia Yang¹, Haoyu Liu¹

Affiliations

¹ The Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application, School of Life Science, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, Hebei University, 071002, Baoding, China The Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application, School of Life Science, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, Hebei University, 071002 Baoding China.
² Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Frunze Street 11, 630091, Novosibirsk, Russia Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Frunze Street 11, 630091 Novosibirsk Russia.
³ Tomsk State University, Lenina prospekt 36, 634050, Tomsk, Russia Tomsk State University, Lenina prospekt 36, 634050 Tomsk Russia.

Abstract

Background: Anthomalachius Tshernyshev, 2009 is a small genus belonging to the tribe Malachiini in the family Malachiidae of the order Coleoptera, with six currently known species: A.spinosus (Erichson, 1840) from Central, Eastern and Southern Europe and North Africa; A.strangulatus (Abeille de Perrin, 1885) from Central Europe to Central Asia; A.davoodi Ezzatpanah, 2011 from Iran; A.senylia (Tshernyshev, 2000) from Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan; A.foveatus (Medvedev, 1964) from Kazakstan, Russia and Mongolia; A.pseudospinosus (Medvedev, 1964) from Kazakhstan and Turkey.

New information: In this study, Anthomalachius Tshernyshev, 2009 is newly recorded from China upon the discovery of A.pseudospinosus (Medvedev, 1964) from Xinjiang Autonomous Region. The adult morphological characters are re-described in detail with illustrations of external appearance and relevant characters. The female ovipositor, pygidium and ultimate abdominal ventrite of A.pseudospinosus are illustrated and described for the first time.

Keywords: Cleroidea; Malachiini; melyrid lineage; new faunistic record; taxonomy.

Junbo Tong, Sergei E. Tshernyshev, Yuxia Yang, Haoyu Liu.