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Axinotarsus pulicarius

  • 1. Department of Entomology, National Museum, Kunratice 1, CZ- 148 00 Praha 4, Czech Republic; e-mail: vladimir _ svihla @ nm. cz
  • 2. Ministry for Rural Affairs and the Environment, Agricultural Research and Development Centre, Ghammieri, Marsa, Malta; e-mail: david. a. mifsud @ gov. mt

Description

Axinotarsus pulicarius (Fabricius, 1775)

Malachius pulicarius Fabricius, 1775: 308.

Material examined. MALTA: 1 ex. (DMZM): Mellieha, Badja Ridge, 26.iv.2004, leg. H. Borg Barthet.

Distribution. Southern and Central Europe, northwards to Denmark, not in Scandinavia, in the south ranging from Portugal to southern Russia and Caucasus; Morocco, Algeria (HORION 1953, PLATA & SANTIAGO 1990). In Italy, the species is known from the entire peninsula as well as Sardinia and Sicily (AUDISIO et al. 1995).

Comments. Axinotarsus pulicarius represents a new record for the Maltese Islands.

Notes

Published as part of Švihla, Vladimír & Mifsud, David, 2006, Annotated review of the Cantharidae and Malachiidae (Coleoptera) of the Maltese Islands, pp. 89-105 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 46 on page 100, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5176714

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Melyridae
Genus
Axinotarsus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Fabricius
Species
pulicarius
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Axinotarsus pulicarius (Fabricius, 1775) sec. Švihla & Mifsud, 2006

References

  • FABRICIUS J. C. 1775: Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. In officina libraria Kortii, Flensburgi et Lipsiae, 8 + 30 + 832 pp.
  • HORION A. 1953: Faunistik der mitteleuropaischen Kafer. Band 3: Malacodermata, Sternoxia (Elateridae bis Throscidae). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Munchen Sonderband: 1 - 340.
  • PLATA NEGRACHE P. & SANTIAGO HERNANDEZ C. T. 1990: Revision de la familia Malachiidae Erichson (Insecta: Coleoptera) en la Peninsula Iberica e Islas Baleares. Goecke & Evers, Krefeld, 705 pp.
  • AUDISIO P., GOBBI G., LIBERTI G. & NARDI G. 1995: Coleoptera Polyphaga IX (Bostrichoidea, Cleroidea, Lymexyloidea). In: MINELLI A., RUFFO S. & LA POSTA S. (eds.): Checklist delle specie della fauna italiana. 54. Calderini, Bologna, 27 pp.