Two new Amphimallon Latreille, 1825 from the tiny islets of Milos archipelago, Cyclades, Greece (Coleoptera Scarabaeidae Melolonthinae)

During recent faunal investigations promoted by the NGO “Initiative PIM”, two populations of Amphimallon Latreille, 1825 (Coleoptera Scarabaeidae Melolonthinae) were found on the islets of Glaronisia and Paximadi near Milos island in the Cyclades (Greece). Both populations were found to belong to two new species which are described in the present paper: A. claudiae n. sp. from Glaronisia and A. pim n. sp. from Paximadi. The new taxa seem to be closely related to A. arnaudi Montreuil et Uliana, 2022, known from the nearby Sifnos. On these microinsular ecosystems, beetles are largely preyed upon by gulls and robber flies.