The jewel beetle fauna of the Maltese Islands was recently studied by Mifsud & Bily (2002) and a total of seventeen species were recorded. The present note is intended to provide data on a new record of a buprestid for Malta and includes other information on some previously recorded species.peer-reviewe

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The Central Mediterranean Naturalist Vol. 4 Pt. 2 The jewel beetle (Coleoptera, Buprestidae) fauna of Malta - Remarks and Additions David Mifsud! & Henry Borg Barther The jewel beetle fauna of the Maltese Islands was recently studied by Mifsud & Bily (2002) and a total of seventeen species were recorded. The present note is intended to provide data on a new record of a buprestid for Malta and includes other infonnation on some previously recorded species. Acmaeoderella adspersula adspersula (Illiger, 1803) Material examined: MALTA: Mellieha, 1 ex., (reared) emerged on 12.viii.2005 from dead twigs of Ceratonia siliqua collected on 20.ix.2003, leg. H. Borg Barthet. Acmaeoderella adspersula adspersula (Illiger) represents a new record for Malta. It is a typical Mediterranean species being recorded from the following territories: Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Monaco, Portugal, Spain, Yugoslavia, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Cyprus, Israel, Syria and Turkey. The other subspecies, A. adspersula squamiplumis (Peyerimhoff, 1921) is distributed in Algeria, Morocco, Israel and Sinai. The species is extremely polyphagous, developing in dead branches of Acacia spp., Acer monspessulanum, Celtis australis, Cistus albidus, Cytisus laburnum, Ephedra jragilis, Euphorbia dendroides, Genista corsica, Malus domestica, Pistacia lentiscus, Quercus ..spp., Retama retama, Sorb us sp., Spartium junceum, Thymelaea hirsuta, Ulmus sp., Vitis vinifera (Curletti, 1994), Castanea, Ceratonia, Populus, Rhus, Zygophyllum and Ficus carica. Buprestis novemaculata novemaculata Linnaeus, 1767 Material examined: MALTA, Zejtun, 19.viii.2004, 1 ex., leg. D. Mifsud. This species was previously recorded by Curletti (1994) from Buskett. The above record represents the second one for this species in Malta. It is mainly associated with dead wood of Pinus spp. Melanophila cuspidate (Klug, 1829) Material examined: MALTA, Rabat, 1115.x.2005, 1 ex., captured in a UV light trap, leg. P. Sammut. This species was originally recorded for Malta by Andres (1916). A second capture from Girgenti was reported by Mifsud & Bily (2002). Aphanisticus pygmaeus Lucas, 1849 Material examined: MALTA, Zejtun, 12.viii.2005, 1 ex., leg. D. Mifsud This species was previously recorded on the basis of a single record by Mifsud & Bily (2002) from Ghajn Rihana. REFERENCES Andres, A. (1916) Verzeichnis der wahrend meiner Kriegsgefangenschaft von mir auf Malta gesammelten Lepidoptera, Hemiptera und Coleoptera. Entomologische Rundschau, 33(9): 43-54; (10): 48-49; (11): 50. Curletti, G. (1994) J Buprestidi d'Italia. Catalogo Tassonomico, Sinonimico, Biologico, Geonemico (Monografie di "Natura Bresciana" N.19). Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali di Brescia, 318 pp. Mifsud, D. & Bily, S. (2002) Jewel beetles (Coleoptera, Buprestidae) from the Maltese Islands (Central Mediterranean). The Central Mediterranean Naturalist, 3 (4): 181-188. I Ministry for Rural Affairs and the Environment, Agricultural Research /fl; Development Centre, Ghammieri, Marsa MALTA. david.a.mifsud@gov.mt (corresponding author) 2 41, W. Lassel Street, Mellieha MLH 04, Malta. hank@waldonet.net.mt 140 

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