Hister bellicus Marseul, 1864

Mazur, Sławomir, 2011, Notes on some Hister-species with description of a new subgenus (Bellatrix subgen. n.) of Pachylister Lewis, 1904 (Coleoptera, Histeridae), Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 11 (1), pp. 41-44 : 41

Hister bellicus Marseul, 1864

Described originally ( Marseul, 1864: 323) as similar to African H. (= Exorhabdus ) tropicalis (Marseul) and, to a lesser degree, to H. striolatus Marseul (= H. calidus Erichson ) but it is hard to find any affinities between them. On the other hand, there are some features resembling those of Pachylister Lewis : triangularly expanded labrum in the male ( Fig. 1), bisinuate posterior margin of pronotum ( Fig. 2) and, first of all, the long edeagus with short basal piece ( Figs. 3-5) as well as the 8 th segment being short and wide

( Fig. 6). Considering all these reasons, H. bellicus should be transferred to the genus Pachylister . From the type-species, P. caffer (Erichson) , H. bellicus differs by inner lateral pronotal stria widely distant from the margin ( Figs. 1, 2) and by not margined pygidium. From those of Sulcignathos Mazur (2010: 210) it differs by not canaliculated mandibles and by lack of median projection on parameres ( Fig. 5). Thus, there is a need to establish a new subgenus of Pachylister , characterized below.