Myrmecophilus nigricornis CHOPARD, 1963

Husemann, Martin, Guershon, Moshe, Weinstein, Amir & Dorchin, Netta, 2024, Type catalogue of the Orthoptera collection in the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, Israel, Zootaxa 5468 (3), pp. 449-467 : 457-458

18. Myrmecophilus nigricornis CHOPARD, 1963

Fig. 4c, d

Chopard. 1963. Notes sur la faune des Orthopteroides d’Israel et de quelques regions limitrophes (Blattodea, Gryllacridoidea, Gryllodea). Bulletin Research of the Council of Israel B 11: 174.

Holotype ♂: “ Myrmecophilus / nigricornis / paratype [red font] Chp. // A. Moscona 7.3.1948 // Israel / Abu gosh / near Jerusalem // Paratype [red label].

Type Series: Holotype ♂, Paratypes 1♂, 2♀.

Current status: Valid species.

Remarks: The holotype was mistakenly labeled as a paratype and deposited at the MNHN (Paris) together with a female paratype. The holotype has now been returned to the SMNHTAU and is labeled accordingly, while the female paratype remains in the collection of the MNHN. The other two paratypes are missing.

Figures

FIGURE 4: Holotypes of Modicogryllus aterrimus (a, b—dorsal, lateral, labels), Myrmecophilus nigricornis (c, d—dorsal, lateral, labels), Conocephalus bodenheimeri (e, f—dorsal, lateral, labels), Conocephalus peneri (g, h—dorsal, lateral, labels).