Myrmecobrenthus ater Damoiseau

Bartolozzi, Luca & Loudit, Sandrine Mariella Bayendi, 2011, Revision of the genus Myrmecobrenthus Kleine with a description of a new species from Gabon (Coleoptera: Brentidae: Eremoxenini), Zootaxa 3101, pp. 53-58 : 54

Myrmecobrenthus ater Damoiseau

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Myrmecobrenthus ater Damoiseau, 1961: 21

Myrmecobrenthus ater was described ( Damoiseau 1961) based on a single male specimen from Gabon. Later, another male specimen was recorded from Ivory Coast ( Damoiseau 1967). We have been able to study both the holotype (IRSNB) and the second known male specimen (MRAC); the female is still unknown. The MRAC male specimen has less developed mandibles (see Fig. 3 ), but otherwise is identical to the holotype ( Fig. 7 ). The holotype is in a bad condition—the left antenna and two legs are missing.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 4. 1 — Myrmecobrenthus wasmanni, male from Gabon, dorsal view (total length 9.7 mm); 2 — Myrmecobrenthus wasmanni, female from Gabon, dorsal view (total length 10.9 mm); 3 — Myrmecobrenthus ater, male from Ivory Coast, dorsal view (total length 10.0 mm) (photo by Stéphane Hanot, MRAC); 4 — Myrmecobrenthus susinii n. sp. male holotype, dorsal view (total length 6.8 mm).

FIGURES 5 – 9. 5 — Myrmecobrenthus wasmanni, male head and rostrum, lateral view; 6 — Myrmecobrenthus wasmanni, female head and rostrum, lateral view; 7 — Myrmecobrenthus ater, holotype, male head and rostrum, lateral view; 8 — Myrmecobrenthus susinii n. sp. male head and rostrum, lateral view; 9 — Myrmecobrenthus wasmanni, female head and rostrum, dorsal view (scale bar 2 mm).